Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slimbaz

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.

Uncertain, but possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)lembʰ-, *(s)lemb- (“to droop; sag; hang loosely”). Compare Latvian slìps (“slanting”), as well as perhaps Proto-Germanic *slīpaną (“to sharpen”) (though whether *slimbaz ultimately traces back to Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth, slick”) is unclear).

• IPA^(key): /ˈslim.bɑz/

*slimbaz

1. aslant; sloping
2. askew; crooked; wrong

• *slimbį̄

• *slimpaną

• Proto-West Germanic: *slimb
  • Old Frisian: *slimb, *slimm
    • Saterland Frisian: slim
    • West Frisian: slim
  • Old Saxon: *slimb, *slimm
    • Middle Low German: slim
      • German Low German: slimm
      • → Danish: slem
      • → Norwegian: slem
  • Old Dutch: *slimb, *slemb
    • Middle Dutch: slimp, slemp, slim, slem; slom (“bent, crooked, twisted”)
      • Dutch: slim
        • Afrikaans: slim
        • → English: slim
        • → Scots: slim
  • Old High German: slimb
    • Middle High German: slimp, slim
      • Central Franconian: schlemm, schlömm, schlomm (and older schlemp etc.)
        • Hunsrik: schlimm
        • Luxembourgish: schlamm (“lame”), schlëmm (“bad”)
      • German: schlimm
• Gothic: *𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍃 (*slimbs)
  • → Vulgar Latin: *slembus, *sclembus, *slemus, *sclemus
    • Italian: sghembo
    • Old French: esclame
    • Old Northern French: esclem
    • Sicilian: schimmenti (possibly)