Schlei
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Schlei, found in Old Saxon as Slia (modern Low German Slie) and Old Danish as Slæ, compare slæe (“algae, seaweed”)," presumably related to Proto-Germanic *slīmą.[1]
Proper noun
Schlei
- An estuary in Germany, in the region of Schleswig-Holstein.
References
- ^ Wolfgang Laur: Historisches Ortsnamenlexikon von Schleswig-Holstein, 2. Auflage, Neumünster 1992, S. 575
Anagrams
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German slīge, from Old High German slīo, perhaps ultimately from the root of Schläim (“slime”).[1] Cognate with German Schleie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃlɑɪ̯/
Noun
Schlei f (plural Schleien)
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schlei”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891