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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slībaną

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”), the same source as *slīmą (“slime”) and *līmaz (“glue, clay, lime”).[1] For the semantics, compare Proto-Germanic *slīpaną (“to whet, sharpen”), Old High German slīman (“to make smooth”), Proto-Celtic *limāti (“to polish, sharpen”) and Latin līma (“carpenter's file”), from extensions of the same root.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsliː.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*slībaną

  1. (West Germanic) to split

Inflection
Conjugation of *slībaną (strong class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *slībō*slībaų—*slībai ?
2nd singular *slībizi*slībaiz*slīb*slībazai*slībaizau
3rd singular *slībidi*slībai*slībadau*slībadai*slībaidau
1st dual *slībōz*slībaiw———
2nd dual *slībadiz*slībaidiz*slībadiz——
1st plural *slībamaz*slībaim—*slībandai*slībaindau
2nd plural *slībid*slībaid*slībid*slībandai*slībaindau
3rd plural *slībandi*slībain*slībandau*slībandai*slībaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *slaib*slibį̄
2nd singular *slaift*slibīz
3rd singular *slaib*slibī
1st dual *slibū*slibīw
2nd dual *slibudiz*slibīdiz
1st plural *slibum*slibīm
2nd plural *slibud*slibīd
3rd plural *slibun*slibīn
present past
participles *slībandz*slibanaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *slīban
    • Old English: slīfan
      • Middle English: sliven; slivere, sliver
    • Old Saxon: *slīvan
      • >? Middle Low German: slîven (“to ladle out, spoon in, ingest”)

References
  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “slijpen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lim-ā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 239
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