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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *slewb(ʰ)- (“to slip, glide”).
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Pronunciation
Verb
*sleupaną[1][2]
- To creep, slink, sneak, slip (move quietly or stealthily)
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sleupan- ~ *slūpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sleupanan ~ *slūpanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 350