Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sleutaną

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.

• *slūtaną

Of uncertain origin.

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)klewd- (“to lock”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (“nail, hook, pin, key”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to crook, bend”), and compared with Latin clāvis (“key, bar, bolt”), Latin claudō (“close”), Lithuanian kliudyti (“to hamper, obstruct”), Old Irish cló (“nail”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Kroonen, however, considers the word restricted to Germanic, and leaves its origin open,^[1] while Orel tentatively connects the word to *lūtaną (“to bow down”).^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsleu̯.tɑ.nɑ̃/

*sleutaną^[1][2]

1. to bolt, lock
2. to shut, close

• *slutą
• *slutilaz

• Proto-West Germanic: *sleutan
  • Old Frisian: slūta
    • Saterland Frisian: sluute, slute
    • West Frisian: slute
  • Old Saxon: slūtan (in combination)
    • Middle Low German: slûten
      • German Low German: sluten, slüten
      • → Danish: slutte
        • Norwegian Bokmål: slutte
      • → Swedish: sluta
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: slutte, slutta
  • Old Dutch: *slūtan
    • Middle Dutch: sluten
      • Dutch: sluiten
        • Afrikaans: sluit
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: slokti
        • → Saramaccan: sòotó
      • Limburgish: sloete
  • Old High German: sliozan
    • Middle High German: sliezen
      • German: schließen
      • Luxembourgish: schléissen
      • Yiddish: שליסן (shlisn)