Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slīmą

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 *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Related to Sanskrit आलय (ālaya), whence the second part of Himalaya.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsliː.mɑ̃/

Noun

*slīmą n

slime
mucus

Inflection

Declension of *slīmą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*slīmą	*slīmō
vocative	*slīmą	*slīmō
accusative	*slīmą	*slīmō
genitive	slīmas, slīmis	*slīmǫ̂
dative	*slīmai	*slīmamaz
instrumental	*slīmō	*slīmamiz

Descendants

Old English: slīm
- Middle English: slim, slym, slyme, slime
  - Scots: slyme, slime
  - English: slime
Old Frisian: *slīm
- Saterland Frisian: Sliem
- West Frisian: slym; slime
Old Saxon: slīm
- Middle Low German: slîm
  - German Low German: Sliem
  - Plautdietsch: Schliem
Old Dutch: *slīm
- Middle Dutch: slijm
  - Dutch: slijm
    - Afrikaans: slym
Old High German: slīm
- Middle High German: slīm
  - German: Schleim
  - Luxembourgish: Schläim
Old Norse: slím
- Icelandic: slím
- Faroese: slím
- Norwegian Nynorsk: slim
- Old Swedish: slīm n, slēmber m (from *slaimaz?)
  - Swedish: slem
- Danish: slim
  - Norwegian Bokmål: slim
- Gutnish: sleim, slém
→ Proto-Finnic: *lima (see there for further descendants)