Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slautijā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slautijǭ (compare Gutnish sloyta) of unclear origin, but probably related to *slaut.

Noun

*slautijā f

1. hail, sleet

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*slautijā
Genitive	*slautijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*slautijā	*slautijōn
Accusative	*slautijōn	*slautijōn
Genitive	*slautijōn	*slautijōnō
Dative	*slautijōn	*slautijōm, *slautijum
Instrumental	*slautijōn	*slautijōm, *slautijum

Descendants

• Old English: *slīete, *slēte
  • Middle English: slete, sleet, slet, sleth, slethe
    • English: sleet
• Old Saxon: *slōtia
  • Middle Low German: slö̂te
    • German Low German: Slöten, Sloot
• Old High German: *slōza
  • Middle High German: slôz m, slôze f (either from a byform *slautā or a back-formation from plural *slœzzen)
    • Alemannic German:

      Alsatian: Schloss

    • Central Franconian: Schluß

      Hunsrik: Schlos

      Transylvanian Saxon: Schloße

    • East Central German: Schlooßen
    • German: Schloße, Schloßen (dialectal)
    • Luxembourgish: Schlouss
    • Rhine Franconian: Schloß

      Palatine German: Schloß, Schloße, Schlouße

      Pennsylvania German: Schlooss