Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slimbaz

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

Uncertain, but possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)lembʰ-, *(s)lemb- (“to droop; sag; hang loosely”). Compare Latvian slìps (“slanting”), as well as perhaps Proto-Germanic *slīpaną (“to sharpen”) (though whether *slimbaz ultimately traces back to Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth, slick”) is unclear).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslim.bɑz/

Adjective

*slimbaz

1. aslant; sloping
2. askew; crooked; wrong

Inflection

Declension of *slimbaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*slimbaz	*slimbō	*slimbą, -atō		*slimbai	*slimbôz	*slimbō
accusative	*slimbanǭ	*slimbǭ	*slimbą, -atō		*slimbanz	*slimbōz	*slimbō
genitive	*slimbas, -is	*slimbaizōz	*slimbas, -is		*slimbaizǫ̂	*slimbaizǫ̂	*slimbaizǫ̂
dative	*slimbammai	*slimbaizōi	*slimbammai		*slimbaimaz	*slimbaimaz	*slimbaimaz
instrumental	*slimbanō	*slimbaizō	*slimbanō		*slimbaimiz	*slimbaimiz	*slimbaimiz
Weak declension
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*slimbô	*slimbǭ	*slimbô		*slimbaniz	*slimbōniz	*slimbōnō
accusative	*slimbanų	*slimbōnų	*slimbô		*slimbanunz	*slimbōnunz	*slimbōnō
genitive	*slimbiniz	*slimbōniz	*slimbiniz		*slimbanǫ̂	*slimbōnǫ̂	*slimbanǫ̂
dative	*slimbini	*slimbōni	*slimbini		*slimbammaz	*slimbōmaz	*slimbammaz
instrumental	*slimbinē	*slimbōnē	*slimbinē		*slimbammiz	*slimbōmiz	*slimbammiz

Derived terms

• *slimbį̄

Related terms

• *slimpaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *slimb
  • Old Frisian: *slimb, *slimm
    • Saterland Frisian: slim
    • West Frisian: slim
  • Old Saxon: *slimb, *slimm
    • Middle Low German: slim
      • German Low German: slimm
      • → Danish: slem
      • → Norwegian: slem
  • Old Dutch: *slimb, *slemb
    • Middle Dutch: slimp, slemp, slim, slem; slom (“bent, crooked, twisted”)
      • Dutch: slim
        • Afrikaans: slim
        • → English: slim
        • → Scots: slim
  • Old High German: slimb
    • Middle High German: slimp, slim
      • Central Franconian: schlemm, schlömm, schlomm (and older schlemp etc.)
        • Hunsrik: schlimm
        • Luxembourgish: schlamm (“lame”), schlëmm (“bad”)
      • German: schlimm
• Gothic: *𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍃 (*slimbs)
  • → Vulgar Latin: *slembus, *sclembus, *slemus, *sclemus
    • Italian: sghembo
    • Old French: esclame
    • Old Northern French: esclem
    • Sicilian: schimmenti (possibly)