Schlei
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Schlei, found in Old Saxon as Slia (modern Low German Slie) and Old Danish as Slæ meaning "muddy waters," presumably related to Proto-Germanic *slīmą.[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Schlei
- An estuary in Germany, in the region of Schleswig-Holstein.
References[edit]
- ^ Wolfgang Laur: Historisches Ortsnamenlexikon von Schleswig-Holstein, 2. Auflage, Neumünster 1992, S. 575
Anagrams[edit]
Luxembourgish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German slīge, from Old High German slīo, perhaps ultimately from the root of Schläim (“slime”).[1] Cognate with German Schleie.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Schlei f (plural Schleien)
References[edit]
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schlei”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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