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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From earlier *slut, from Proto-Germanic *slutą, from Proto-Germanic *sleutaną (“to bolt”).
Noun
*slot n
- bar, bolt
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*slot
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| Genitive
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*slotas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*slot
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*slotu
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| Accusative
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*slot
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*slotu
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| Genitive
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*slotas
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*slotō
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| Dative
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*slotē
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*slotum
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| Instrumental
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*slotu
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*slotum
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Derived terms
- *slutil
- *slutti
- Old Frisian: slett, slet
- Old Saxon: *slotti, *sloti
- >? Middle Low German: slȫte (“latch, lever”)
Descendants
- Old English: *slot
- Middle English: slot (alternatively borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German)
- Old Frisian: slot
- Saterland Frisian: Slot
- West Frisian: slot
- Old Saxon: slot
- Middle Low German: slot
- German Low German: Slott, Slött
- → Danish: slot
- → Swedish: slott
- Old Dutch: slot
- Old High German: sloz
- Middle High German: sloz, slōz
- German: Schloss
- → German Low German: Slöss
- → Old Saxon: sloz