Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slimbaz

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

Uncertain, but possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)lembʰ-, *(s)lemb- (“to droop; sag; hang loosely”). Compare Latvian slìps (“slanting”), as well as perhaps Proto-Germanic *slīpaną (“to sharpen”) (though whether *slimbaz ultimately traces back to Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth, slick”) is unclear).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈslim.bɑz/

Adjective

*slimbaz

aslant; sloping
askew; crooked; wrong

Inflection

Declension of *slimbaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*slimbaz	*slimbō	*slimbą, -atō	*slimbai	*slimbôz	*slimbō
accusative	*slimbanǭ	*slimbǭ	*slimbą, -atō	*slimbanz	*slimbōz	*slimbō
genitive	*slimbas, -is	*slimbaizōz	*slimbas, -is	*slimbaizǫ̂	*slimbaizǫ̂	*slimbaizǫ̂
dative	*slimbammai	*slimbaizōi	*slimbammai	*slimbaimaz	*slimbaimaz	*slimbaimaz
instrumental	*slimbanō	*slimbaizō	*slimbanō	*slimbaimiz	*slimbaimiz	*slimbaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*slimbô	*slimbǭ	*slimbô	*slimbaniz	*slimbōniz	*slimbōnō
accusative	*slimbanų	*slimbōnų	*slimbô	*slimbanunz	*slimbōnunz	*slimbōnō
genitive	*slimbiniz	*slimbōniz	*slimbiniz	*slimbanǫ̂	*slimbōnǫ̂	*slimbanǫ̂
dative	*slimbini	*slimbōni	*slimbini	*slimbammaz	*slimbōmaz	*slimbammaz
instrumental	*slimbinē	*slimbōnē	*slimbinē	*slimbammiz	*slimbōmiz	*slimbammiz

Derived terms

*slimbį̄

Related terms

*slimpaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *slimb
- Old Frisian: *slimb, *slimm
  - Saterland Frisian: slim
  - West Frisian: slim
- Old Saxon: *slimb, *slimm
  - Middle Low German: slim
    - German Low German: slimm
    - → Danish: slem
    - → Norwegian: slem
- Old Dutch: *slimb, *slemb
  - Middle Dutch: slimp, slemp, slim, slem; slom (“bent, crooked, twisted”)
    - Dutch: slim
      - Afrikaans: slim
      - → English: slim
      - → Scots: slim
- Old High German: slimb
  - Middle High German: slimp, slim
    - Central Franconian: schlemm, schlömm, schlomm (and older schlemp etc.)
      - Hunsrik: schlimm
      - Luxembourgish: schlamm (“lame”), schlëmm (“bad”)
    - German: schlimm
Gothic: *𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍃 (*slimbs)
- → Vulgar Latin: *slembus, *sclembus, *slemus, *sclemus
  - Italian: sghembo
  - Old French: esclame
  - Old Northern French: esclem
  - Sicilian: schimmenti (possibly)

References

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

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

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