Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sleupaną

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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

According to Kroonen, a strong verb back-formed from the iterative verb *sluppōną, from a Proto-Indo-European *slewp- (to slip, glide), and cognate with Lithuanian įslupti (to slip into), Latvian šļupt (to slip).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsleu̯.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sleupaną[2]

  1. To creep, slink, sneak, slip (move quietly or stealthily)

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sleupan- ~ *slūpan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sleupanan ~ *slūpanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350