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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slipr
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *slipraz.
Adjective
*slipr[1]
- slippery
Inflection
| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *slipr | *slipru | *slipr |
| Accusative | *slipranā | *sliprā | *slipr |
| Genitive | *slipras | *slipreʀā | *slipras |
| Dative | *sliprumē | *slipreʀē | *sliprumē |
| Instrumental | *slipru | *slipreʀu | *slipru |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *sliprē | *sliprō | *slipru |
| Accusative | *sliprā | *sliprā | *slipru |
| Genitive | *slipreʀō | *slipreʀō | *slipreʀō |
| Dative | *sliprēm, *sliprum | *sliprēm, *sliprum | *sliprēm, *sliprum |
| Instrumental | *sliprēm, *sliprum | *sliprēm, *sliprum | *sliprēm, *sliprum |
Descendants
- Old English: slipor, sliper, slypor
- Middle English: sliper, sluper, slipper
- English: slipper
- Scots: slipper, slippir, slippar, sloppare
- ⇒ Middle English: slipperie
- English: slippery
- Scots: slipperie
- Middle English: sliper, sluper, slipper
- Old Frisian: *sliper
- ⇒ Old Frisian: *sliperich
- Saterland Frisian: slipperch
- ⇒ Old Frisian: *sliperich
- Old Saxon: *slipar
- Middle Low German: slipper
- ⇒ Middle Low German: slipperich, slibberich
- Middle Low German: slipper
- Old Dutch: *slipar
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: *slipperich, slibberich, slibbrich
- Old High German: sleffar
- ⇒ Old High German: sleffarag
- Middle High German: slipferic, slipferec
- German: schlüpfrig
- Middle High German: slipferic, slipferec
- ⇒ Old High German: sleffarag
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 35: “PWGmc *sli/epr”