Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slīpaną

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”).^[1]^[2] Cognate with Cornish lym, Ancient Greek ὀλιβρός (olibrós, “smooth”), Latin limax.

Verb

*slīpaną^[3]

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*slīpō	*slīpaų	—	*slīpai	?
2nd singular	*slīpizi	*slīpaiz	*slīp	*slīpazai	*slīpaizau
3rd singular	*slīpidi	*slīpai	*slīpadau	*slīpadai	*slīpaidau
1st dual	*slīpōz	*slīpaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*slīpadiz	*slīpaidiz	*slīpadiz	—	—
1st plural	*slīpamaz	*slīpaim	—	*slīpandai	*slīpaindau
2nd plural	*slīpid	*slīpaid	*slīpid	*slīpandai	*slīpaindau
3rd plural	*slīpandi	*slīpain	*slīpandau	*slīpandai	*slīpaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*slaip	*slipį̄
2nd singular	*slaift	*slipīz
3rd singular	*slaip	*slipī
1st dual	*slipū	*slipīw
2nd dual	*slipudiz	*slipīdiz
1st plural	*slipum	*slipīm
2nd plural	*slipud	*slipīd
3rd plural	*slipun	*slipīn

	present	past
participles	*slīpandz	*slipanaz

Related terms

*slipraz (“smooth, slippery”)

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *slīpan
- Old Frisian: slīpa
  - West Frisian: slypje
- Old Saxon: *slīpan
  - Middle Low German: slîpen
    - Low German: sliepen
    - → Swedish: slipa
      - → Finnish: liipata
- Old Dutch: *slīpan
  - Middle Dutch: slipen
    - Dutch: slijpen
      - Afrikaans: slyp
    - Limburgish: sliepe
- Old High German: slīfan
  - German: schleifen

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “lim-a”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 239
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1872”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1872
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slīpanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 351

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “lim-a”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 239

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1872”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1872

[3] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slīpanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 351

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