Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sleydʰ-

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European[edit]

Etymology[edit]

May be a *-dʰ(h₁)- extension of *(s)ley- (to slip, slide, be slimy)[1] (or *(s)leh₁y-[2][3]): compare *(s)leyG- in Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (to slide, glide, slither), *slīkaz (sleek, slick, smooth), possibly also Albanian shlligë (viper); *(s)ley-m- in Proto-Germanic *slīmą (slime) and *līmaz (glue, clay, lime), Latin līmus (mud, slime), Proto-Balto-Slavic *sleiˀnāˀ (saliva) (Proto-Slavic *slìna, Latvian sliēnas m pl), Albanian llënjëz (mud), Ancient Greek λεῖμαξ (leîmax, snail, slug), Proto-Slavic *slimakъ (snail), and perhaps Proto-Indo-European *ley-men- (body of water (marsh ~ lake ~ bay)); *leyp- (to stick, be sticky; fat, oil, glue); *(s)leyb(ʰ)- in Proto-West Germanic *slīpan (to make smooth, whet), *slipr (slippery, smooth), English slip (mix of clay and water, noun).

Root[edit]

*sleydʰ- (imperfective)

  1. to slip, slide
  2. to be slippery, slick

Derived terms[edit]

  • *sléydʰ-e-ti (thematic root present)[4][5]
    • Proto-Germanic: *slīdaną (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sráydʰati (to err, blunder)
  • *slidʰ-éh₁ye-ti (stative present)
  • *slidʰ-sḱé-ti (*sḱé-present)[4]
  • *slidʰ-ró-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *slidraz (slippery > smooth ?)
      • Proto-West Germanic: *slidr (clear, bright) (see there for further descendants)
  • *sléydʰ-u-s ~ * slidʰ-éw-s[6]
  • *sloydʰ-u-s[7]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *slaidús (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Latgalian: sleidētʲ (to slide, to slipe, to glide)
    • Latgalian: sleidons (slippy)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “3. lei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 662–664
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*slīma-”; “*slīwa/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455:*sleh₁i-mo- (ᴇᴜʀ) […] *sleh₁i-uo- (ᴇᴜʀ)
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*slìna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 453:PIE *sleh₁i-n-eh₂
  4. 4.0 4.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “slysti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
  5. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*slidan-; *slīdan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
  6. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “slidus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
  7. ^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 145