Slacke

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German Low German

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Etymology

From Middle Low German slecke, from Old Saxon *slicko, from Proto-West Germanic *slikkō, from Proto-Germanic *slikkô, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (smooth; slick; sticky; slimy).[1] Cognate with Dutch slek, slak (snail).

Noun

Slacke m (plural Slacken)

  1. snail

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “slak1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute