slotel

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• sluetel

Etymology

From Old Dutch *slutil, from Proto-West Germanic *slutil.

Noun

slōtel m

1. key

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	slōtel	slōtele
accusative	slōtel	slōtele
genitive	slōtels	slōtele
dative	slōtele	slōtelen

Alternative forms

• sluetel

Descendants

• Dutch: sleutel
  • Afrikaans: sleutel
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: slotro, slutro
  • Negerhollands: sleuter, sleetel
  • → Lokono: shilotoro
  • → Aukan: sooto
  • → Saramaccan: sòotó
  • → Sranan Tongo: sroto, slotto
    • → Caribbean Javanese: sroto
    • → Trió: soroto
  • → Warao: sidyotóre, sidiotore
• Limburgish: släötel
• West Flemish: sloter

Further reading

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