Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slautijǭ

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

Alternative reconstructions

*slautô^[1]

Etymology

Unclear; compare Proto-West Germanic *slaut (“puddle”) and Proto-Slavic *sludъ (“rime”).^[1]

Noun

*slautijǭ f

hail, rime
slush, sleet

Inflection

Declension of *slautijǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*slautijǭ	*slautijōniz
vocative	*slautijǭ	*slautijōniz
accusative	*slautijōnų	*slautijōnunz
genitive	*slautijōniz	*slautijōnǫ̂
dative	*slautijōni	*slautijōmaz
instrumental	*slautijōnē	*slautijōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *slautijā
- Old English: *slīete, *slēte^[2]
  - Middle English: slete, sleet, slet, sleth, slethe
    - English: sleet
- Old Saxon: *slōtia
  - Middle Low German: slö̂te
    - German Low German: Slöten, Sloot
- Old High German: *slōza
  - Middle High German: slôz m, slôze f (either from a byform *slautā or a back-formation from plural *slœzzen)
    - Alemannic German:
      Alsatian: Schloss
    - Central Franconian: Schluß
      Hunsrik: Schlos
      Transylvanian Saxon: Schloße
    - East Central German: Schlooßen
    - German: Schloße, Schloßen (dialectal)
    - Luxembourgish: Schlouss
    - Rhine Franconian: Schloß
      Palatine German: Schloß, Schloße, Schlouße
      Pennsylvania German: Schlooss
Proto-Norse:
- Old Gutnish: sloita
  - Gutnish: sloyta^[3]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slautōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 349
^ “slẹ̄t, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
^ Gustavson, Herbert (1940) “sloyta”, in Gutamålet: En Historisk-Deskriptiv Översikt (Svenska Landsmål och Svenskt Folkliv; 42), volume I, Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söner, page 232.

[Orel-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slautōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 349

[2] “slẹ̄t, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

[3] Gustavson, Herbert (1940) “sloyta”, in Gutamålet: En Historisk-Deskriptiv Översikt (Svenska Landsmål och Svenskt Folkliv; 42), volume I, Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söner, page 232.

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