Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slīmą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Related to Sanskrit आलय (ālaya), whence the second part of Himalaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsliː.mɑ̃/

Noun

*slīmą n

1. slime
2. mucus

Inflection

Declension of *slīmą (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*slīmą	*slīmō
vocative	*slīmą	*slīmō
accusative	*slīmą	*slīmō
genitive	*slīmas, *slīmis	*slīmǫ̂
dative	*slīmai	*slīmamaz
instrumental	*slīmō	*slīmamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *slīm
  • Old English: slīm
    • Middle English: slim, slym, slyme, slime
      • Scots: slyme, slime
      • English: slime
  • Old Frisian: *slīm
    • Saterland Frisian: Sliem
    • West Frisian: slym; slime
  • Old Saxon: slīm
    • Middle Low German: slîm
      • German Low German: Sliem
      • Plautdietsch: Schliem
  • Old Dutch: *slīm
    • Middle Dutch: slijm
      • Dutch: slijm
        • Afrikaans: slym
  • Old High German: slīm
    • Middle High German: slīm
      • German: Schleim
      • Hunsrik: Schleim
      • Luxembourgish: Schläim
      • Yiddish: שלײַם (shlaym)
• Old Norse: slím
  • Icelandic: slím
  • Faroese: slím
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: slim
  • Old Swedish: slīm n, slēmber m (from *slaimaz?)
    • Swedish: slem
  • Danish: slim
    • Norwegian Bokmål: slim
  • Gutnish: sleim, slém
• → Proto-Finnic: *lima (see there for further descendants)