Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slaut

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slaut

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly related to *sleutan (“to lock, close”),[1] compare symantics of *pundu (“enclosure (for animals, water); lock”), whence English pond. Alternately, related to *slautijā (“hail”).

Noun

*slaut m

1. puddle, pool
2. ditch, channel

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*slaut
Genitive	*slautas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*slaut	*slautō, *slautōs
Accusative	*slaut	*slautā
Genitive	*slautas	*slautō
Dative	*slautē	*slautum
Instrumental	*slautu	*slautum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: slāt
  • North Frisian:

    Sylt: Sluat

  • Saterland Frisian: Sloot
  • West Frisian: sleat
    • → Dutch: slat (dialectal)
• Old Dutch: *slōt
  • Middle Dutch: slôot, slôte
    • Dutch: sloot
      • Afrikaans: sloot
        • → English: sloot, sluit
• Old Saxon: *slōt
  • Middle Low German: slôt
    • German Low German: Sloot

      Westphalian: Sluat

References

1. Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “sloot”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001