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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slīdaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *sléydʰ-e-ti, from *sleydʰ- (slippery). Cognate with Vedic Sanskrit स्रेधति (srédhati, to err, blunder).

Verb

*slīdaną [1]

  1. to slide, to slip

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*slīdan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 454
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