Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sleydʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

    May be a *-dʰ(h₁)- extension of *(s)ley- (“to slip, slide, be slimy”)[1] (or *(s)leh₁y-[2][3]): compare *(s)leyG- in Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (“to slide, glide, slither”), *slīkaz (“sleek, slick, smooth”), possibly also Albanian shlligë (“viper”); *(s)ley-m- in Proto-Germanic *slīmą (“slime”) and *līmaz (“glue, clay, lime”), Latin līmus (“mud, slime”), Proto-Balto-Slavic *sleiˀnāˀ (“saliva”) (Proto-Slavic *slìna, Latvian sliēnas m pl), Albanian llënjëz (“mud”), Ancient Greek λεῖμαξ (leîmax, “snail, slug”), Proto-Slavic *slimakъ (“snail”), and perhaps Proto-Indo-European *ley-men- (“body of water (marsh ~ lake ~ bay)”); *leyp- (“to stick, be sticky; fat, oil, glue”); *(s)leyb(ʰ)- in Proto-West Germanic *slīpan (“to make smooth, whet”), *slipr (“slippery, smooth”), English slip (“mix of clay and water”, noun).

    Root

    *sleydʰ- (imperfective)

    1. to slip, slide
    2. to be slippery, slick

    Alternative reconstructions

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sleydʰ- (12 c, 0 e)
    • *sléydʰ-e-ti (thematic root present)[7][8]
      • Proto-Germanic: *slīdaną (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sráydʰati (“to err, blunder”)
    • *slidʰ-éh₁ye-ti (stative present)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *slidḗˀtei
        • Latgalian: sleidēt (“to slide, to slipe, to glide”)
        • Latvian: slidêt
    • *slidʰ-sḱé-ti (*sḱé-present)[7]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *slištei
        • Latvian: slîst
        • Lithuanian: slýsti
    • *slidʰ-ró-s
      • Proto-Germanic: *slidraz (“slippery > smooth ?”)
        • Proto-West Germanic: *slidr (“clear, bright”) (see there for further descendants)
    • *sléydʰ-u-s ~ * slidʰ-éw-s[9]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *slidús
        • Latgalian: sleidušs (“slippery, sleek”)
        • Latvian: slids
        • Lithuanian: slidùs
    • *sloydʰ-u-s[10]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *slaidús (see there for further descendants)
    Unsorted formations
    • Latgalian: sleidons (“slippy”)
    • >? Proto-Italic: *sloiðrikos
      • Latin: lūbricus (“slippery; deceitful; tricksome”)
    • Sanskrit: स्रिध् (srídh, “erring, failing; enemy; misbeliever”)
    • Ancient Greek: ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to slip, slide, be slippery”) (-sth- from dh-t-)

    References

    1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “3. lei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 662–664
    2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*slīma-”; “*slīwa/ōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 455: “*sleh₁i-mo- (eur) […] *sleh₁i-uo- (eur)”
    3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*slìna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453: “PIE *sleh₁i-n-eh₂”
    4. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 307
    5. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 469-470
    6. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὀλισθάνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1068-9
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “slysti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
    8. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*slidan-; *slīdan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
    9. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “slidus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
    10. ^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012), “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎[3] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 145
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