Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slaihā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ.

Noun

*slaihā f^[1]

sloe

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*slaihā
Genitive	*slaihōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*slaihā	*slaihōn
Accusative	*slaihōn	*slaihōn
Genitive	*slaihōn	*slaihōnō
Dative	*slaihōn	slaihōm, slaihum
Instrumental	*slaihōn	slaihōm, slaihum

Descendants

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

References

^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 314: “PWGmc *slaihā”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 314: “PWGmc *slaihā”

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