slijk

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slijc, from Old Dutch *slīk, from Proto-Germanic *slīką, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).[1][2] Compare English slick and slime.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /slɛi̯k/
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  • Hyphenation: slijk
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯k

Noun

slijk n (uncountable)

  1. mud
    Synonym: modder

Derived terms

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “slick”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. “slick”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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