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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slaiwaz

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 *(s)lew- (slack, limp).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈslɑi̯.wɑz/

Adjective

*slaiwaz

  1. blunt; dull
  2. exhausted; weary; faint; weak; sluggish
  3. listless; torpid
  4. dim-witted; slow
  5. slack; lazy

Inflection


Derived terms

  • *slaiwijaną
  • *slaiwiþō
  • *slaiwōną

Descendants

  • Old English: slāw, slǣw
  • Old Saxon: *slēw, slēu
    • Middle Low German: sleu, slē
      • Dutch Low Saxon: slee
      • Westphalian:
        Westmünsterländisch: schlee
  • Old Dutch: *slēw
  • Old High German: slēo
    • Middle High German: slē
      • German: schlehe, schleh; schlēch, schlö (“dull, blunt”; dialectal)
      • Swabian: schlēw
  • Old Norse: sljór, sljár, slær
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