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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slipr

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

From Proto-Germanic *slipraz.

Adjective

*slipr[1]

  1. slippery

Inflection
a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *slipr
Genitive *slipras
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
  • Old Frisian: *sliper
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: *sliperich
      • Saterland Frisian: slipperch
  • Old Saxon: *slipar
    • Middle Low German: slipper
      • ⇒ Middle Low German: slipperich, slibberich
  • Old Dutch: *slipar
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: *slipperich, slibberich, slibbrich
  • Old High German: sleffar
    • ⇒ Old High German: sleffarag
      • Middle High German: slipferic, slipferec

References
  1. 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”
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