slecke

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *slekki, from Proto-Germanic *slikkō.

Noun

slecke f

1. snail

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• slacke

Descendants

• Dutch: slak
• Limburgish: slak
• West Flemish: slekke

Further reading

• “slecke”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “slacke”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page slacke