Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slīmą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Related to Sanskrit आलय (ālaya), whence the second part of Himalaya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsliː.mɑ̃/

Noun

*slīmą n

1. slime
2. mucus

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *slīmą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*slīmą	*slīmō
vocative	*slīmą	*slīmō
accusative	*slīmą	*slīmō
genitive	*slīmas, *slīmis	*slīmǫ̂
dative	*slīmai	*slīmamaz
instrumental	*slīmō	*slīmamiz

Descendants

• Old English: slīm
  • Middle English: slim, slym, slyme, slime
    • Scots: slyme, slime
    • English: slime
• Old Frisian: *slīm
  • Saterland Frisian: Sliem
  • West Frisian: slym; slime
• Old Saxon: slīm
  • Middle Low German: slîm
    • German Low German: Sliem
    • Plautdietsch: Schliem
• Old Dutch: *slīm
  • Middle Dutch: slijm
    • Dutch: slijm
      • Afrikaans: slym
• Old High German: slīm
  • Middle High German: slīm
    • German: Schleim
    • Luxembourgish: Schläim
• Old Norse: slím
  • Icelandic: slím
  • Faroese: slím
  • Norwegian: slim
  • Old Swedish: slīm n, slēmber m (from *slaimaz?)
    • Swedish: slem
  • Danish: slim
  • Gutnish: sleim, slém
• → Proto-Finnic: *lima (see there for further descendants)