Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slaut

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 This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly related to *sleutan (“to lock, close”),[1] compare symantics of *pundu (“enclosure (for animals, water); lock”), whence English pond. Alternately, related to *slautijā (“hail”).

Noun

*slaut m

  1. puddle, pool
  2. ditch, channel

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *slaut
Genitive *slautas
Singular Plural
Nominative *slaut *slautō, *slautōs
Accusative *slaut *slautā
Genitive *slautas *slautō
Dative *slautē *slautum
Instrumental *slautu *slautum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “sloot”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
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