Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slaihǭ

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 *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Compare Proto-Slavic *sliva (“plum”).

Noun

*slaihǭ f^[1]^[2]^[3]

sloe

Inflection

Declension of *slaihǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*slaihǭ	*slaihōniz
vocative	*slaihǭ	*slaihōniz
accusative	*slaihōnų	*slaihōnunz
genitive	*slaihōniz	*slaihōnǫ̂
dative	*slaihōni	*slaihōmaz
instrumental	*slaihōnē	*slaihōmiz

Alternative reconstructions

*slaihwaz, *slaihwǭ^[4]^[1]

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *slaihā
- Old English: slā
  - Middle English: slo, sla, sloo
    - English: sloe
    - Scots: slae
- Old Saxon: *slēha
  - Middle Low German: slê
    - Low German: Sleh(e), Slehn(e)
- Old Dutch: *slēa, *slēwa
  - Middle Dutch: slee, sleeu, sleen
    - Dutch: slee, (dialectal) sleeuw
- Old High German: slēha, slēwа
  - Middle High German: slēhe, slēch(e), slē, slēn
    - Bavarian: Schlechn
      - Cimbrian: sléegha
    - Central Franconian: Schlieh, Schlihn, Schlinn, Schling, Schlief, Schleef, Schleh
      - Luxembourgish: Schléif
    - German: Schlehe
Danish: slåen
Norwegian: slåpe
Swedish: slån

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “līvidus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991), The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 231
^ Nussbaum, Alan J. (1997), “The ‘Saussure Effect’ in Latin and Italic”, in Lubotsky, Alexander, editor, Sound Law and Analogy: Papers in honor of Robert S.P. Beekes on the occasion of his 60th birthday (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 9), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 199 of 181–203
^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*slaixwōn ~ *slaixwaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 348-349

[EDL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “līvidus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347

[2] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991), The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 231

[3] Nussbaum, Alan J. (1997), “The ‘Saussure Effect’ in Latin and Italic”, in Lubotsky, Alexander, editor, Sound Law and Analogy: Papers in honor of Robert S.P. Beekes on the occasion of his 60th birthday (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 9), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 199 of 181–203

[4] Vladimir Orel (2003), “*slaixwōn ~ *slaixwaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 348-349

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