Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slīkaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (to glide, smooth, spread). Cognate with Old Irish sligim (to smear) and Proto-Slavic *slizъkъ (smooth, slime).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsliː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*slīkaną[1]

  1. to slide, to slip

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *slīkō *slīkaų *slīkai ?
2nd singular *slīkizi *slīkaiz *slīk *slīkazai *slīkaizau
3rd singular *slīkidi *slīkai *slīkadau *slīkadai *slīkaidau
1st dual *slīkōz *slīkaiw
2nd dual *slīkadiz *slīkaidiz *slīkadiz
1st plural *slīkamaz *slīkaim *slīkandai *slīkaindau
2nd plural *slīkid *slīkaid *slīkid *slīkandai *slīkaindau
3rd plural *slīkandi *slīkain *slīkandau *slīkandai *slīkaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *slaik *slikį̄
2nd singular *slaiht *slikīz
3rd singular *slaik *slikī
1st dual *slikū *slikīw
2nd dual *slikudiz *slikīdiz
1st plural *slikum *slikīm
2nd plural *slikud *slikīd
3rd plural *slikun *slikīn
present past
participles *slīkandz *slikanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *slīkan
    • Old English: *slīcan
      • Middle English: sliken
    • Old Frisian: *slīka
      • Saterland Frisian: slieke
    • Old Saxon: *slīkan
      • Middle Low German: slîken
        • German Low German: slieken
        • Plautdietsch: schlijken
    • Old High German: slīhhan

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slīkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 351