Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sleydʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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.

• *h₃sleydʰ-

May be a *-dʰ(h₁)- extension of *(s)ley- (“to slip, slide, be slimy”) (or *(s)leh₁y-): compare *(s)leyG- in Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (“to slide, glide, slither”), *slīkaz (“sleek, slick, smooth”), possibly also Albanian shlligë (“viper”); *(s)ley-m- in Proto-Germanic *slīmą (“slime”) and *līmaz (“glue, clay, lime”), Latin līmus (“mud, slime”), Proto-Balto-Slavic *sleiˀnāˀ (“saliva”) (Proto-Slavic *slìna, Latvian sliēnas m pl), Albanian llënjëz (“mud”), Ancient Greek λεῖμαξ (leîmax, “snail, slug”), Proto-Slavic *slimakъ (“snail”), and perhaps Proto-Indo-European *ley-men- (“body of water (marsh ~ lake ~ bay)”); *leyp- (“to stick, be sticky; fat, oil, glue”); *(s)leyb(ʰ)- in Proto-West Germanic *slīpan (“to make smooth, whet”), *slipr (“slippery, smooth”), English slip (“mix of clay and water”, noun).

*sleydʰ- (imperfective)

1. to slip, slide
2. to be slippery, slick

• *sléydʰ-e-ti (thematic root present)
  • Proto-Germanic: *slīdaną (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sráydʰati (“to err, blunder”)
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sráydʰati
      • Vedic Sanskrit: स्रेधति (srédhati)
• *slidʰ-éh₁ye-ti (stative present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *slidḗˀtei
    • Latgalian: sleidēt (“to slide, to slipe, to glide”)
    • Latvian: slidêt
• *slidʰ-sḱé-ti (*sḱé-present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *slištei
    • Latvian: slîst
    • Lithuanian: slýsti
• *slidʰ-ró-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *slidraz (“slippery > smooth ?”)
    • Proto-West Germanic: *slidr (“clear, bright”) (see there for further descendants)
• *sléydʰ-u-s ~ * slidʰ-éw-s
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *slidús
    • Latgalian: sleidušs (“slippery, sleek”)
    • Latvian: slids
    • Lithuanian: slidùs
• *sloydʰ-u-s
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *slaidús (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

• Latgalian: sleidons (“slippy”)
• >? Proto-Italic: *sloiðrikos
  • Latin: lūbricus (“slippery; deceitful; tricksome”)
• Sanskrit: स्रिध् (srídh, “erring, failing; enemy; misbeliever”)
• Ancient Greek: ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to slip, slide, be slippery”) (-sth- from dh-t-)