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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sleydʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

May be a *-dʰ(h₁)- extension of *(s)ley- (“to slip, slide, be slimy”)[1] (or *(s)leh₁y-[2][3]): compare *(s)leyG- in Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (“to slide, glide, slither”), *slīkaz (“sleek, slick, smooth”), possibly also Albanian shlligë (“viper”); *(s)ley-m- in Proto-Germanic *slīmą (“slime”) and *līmaz (“glue, clay, lime”), Latin līmus (“mud, slime”), Proto-Balto-Slavic *sleiˀnāˀ (“saliva”) (Proto-Slavic *slìna, Latvian sliēnas m pl), Albanian llënjëz (“mud”), Ancient Greek λεῖμαξ (leîmax, “snail, slug”), Proto-Slavic *slimakъ (“snail”), and perhaps Proto-Indo-European *ley-men- (“body of water (marsh ~ lake ~ bay)”); *leyp- (“to stick, be sticky; fat, oil, glue”); *(s)leyb(ʰ)- in Proto-West Germanic *slīpan (“to make smooth, whet”), *slipr (“slippery, smooth”), English slip (“mix of clay and water”, noun).

Root

*sleydʰ- (imperfective)

  1. to slip, slide
  2. to be slippery, slick

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sleydʰ-‎ (7 c, 0 e)
  • *sléydʰ-e-ti (thematic root present)[4][5]
    • Proto-Germanic: *slīdaną (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sráydʰati (“to err, blunder”)
  • *slidʰ-éh₁ye-ti (stative present)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *slidḗˀtei
      • Latvian: slidêt
  • *slidʰ-sḱé-ti (*sḱé-present)[4]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *slištei
      • Latvian: slîst
      • Lithuanian: slýsti
  • *slidʰ-ró-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *slidraz (“slippery > smooth ?”)
      • Proto-West Germanic: *slidr (“clear, bright”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *sléydʰ-u-s ~ * slidʰ-éw-s[6]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *slidús
      • Latvian: slids
      • Lithuanian: slidùs
      • Latgalian: sleidušs (“slippery, sleek”)
  • *sloydʰ-u-s[7]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *slaidús (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Latgalian: sleidētʲ (“to slide, to slipe, to glide”)
    • Latgalian: sleidons (“slippy”)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “3. lei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 662–664
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*slīma-”; “*slīwa/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455: “*sleh₁i-mo- (ᴇᴜʀ) […] *sleh₁i-uo- (ᴇᴜʀ)”
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*slìna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 453: “PIE *sleh₁i-n-eh₂”
  4. Derksen, Rick (2015) “slysti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
  5. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*slidan-; *slīdan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
  6. Derksen, Rick (2015) “slidus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
  7. Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎ (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 145
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