Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slipr

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slipraz.

Adjective

*slipr^[1]

slippery

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*slipr
Genitive	*slippras
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*slipr	*slippru	*slipr
Accusative	*slippranā	*slipprā	*slipr
Genitive	*slippras	*slippreʀā	*slippras
Dative	*slipprumē	*slippreʀē	*slipprumē
Instrumental	*slippru	*slippreʀu	*slippru
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*slipprē	*slipprō	*slippru
Accusative	*slipprā	*slipprā	*slippru
Genitive	*slippreʀō	*slippreʀō	*slippreʀō
Dative	slipprēm, slipprum	slipprēm, slipprum	slipprēm, slipprum
Instrumental	slipprēm, slipprum	slipprēm, slipprum	slipprēm, slipprum

Descendants

Old English: slipor, sliper, slypor
- Middle English: sliper, sluper, slipper
  - English: slipper
  - Scots: slipper, slippir, slippar, sloppare
  - ⇒ Middle English: slipperie
    - English: slippery
    - Scots: slipperie
Old Frisian: *sliper
- ⇒ Old Frisian: *sliperich
  - Saterland Frisian: slipperch
Old Saxon: *slipar
- Middle Low German: slipper
  - ⇒ Middle Low German: slipperich, slibberich
    - → Danish: slibrig
Old Dutch: *slipar
- ⇒ Middle Dutch: *slipperich, slibberich, slibbrich
Old High German: sleffar
- ⇒ Old High German: sleffarag
  - Middle High German: slipferic, slipferec
    - German: schlüpfrig

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 35: “PWGmc *sli/epr”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 35: “PWGmc *sli/epr”

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