slango

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Noun

slango (uncountable, accusative slangon)

1. slang

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slangô.

Noun

slango m

1. snake

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: slange
  • Dutch: slang
    • Afrikaans: slang
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: slanggi
    • Negerhollands: slang, slaṅ
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: slanka
    • → Aukan: salan
    • → Caribbean Javanese: selang
    • → Indonesian: slang (“hose”)
    • → Papiamentu: slan
  • Limburgish: slang

Further reading

• “slango”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slangô.

Noun

slango m

1. snake

Descendants

• German: Schlange
• Yiddish: שלאַנג (shlang)