Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sleutan

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

Unknown; suggested to possibly be from a metathesized s-mobile form of Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-, and cognate with Latin claudō (“to close”).

Verb

*sleutan

1. to bolt, lock

Inflection

Strong class 2
Infinitive	*sleutan
1st sg. past	*slaut
3rd pl. past	*slutun
Past ptcple	*slotan
Infinitive	*sleutan
Genitive infin.	*sleutannjas
Dative infin.	*sleutannjē
Instrum. infin.	*sleutannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sleutu	*slaut
2nd singular	*sliutiʀi	*slutī
3rd singular	*sliutidi	*slaut
1st plural	*sleutum	*slutum
2nd plural	*sliutid	*slutud
3rd plural	*sleutand	*slutun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*sleutē	*slutī
2nd singular	*sleutēs	*slutī
3rd singular	*sleutē	*slutī
1st plural	*sleutēm	*slutīm
2nd plural	*sleutēþ	*slutīd
3rd plural	*sleutēn	*slutīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sliut
Plural	*sliutid
	Present	Past
Participle	*sleutandī	*slotan

Related terms

• *slot
• *slutil

Descendants

• Old Frisian: slūta
  • Saterland Frisian: sluute
  • West Frisian: slute
• Old Saxon: slūtan (in combination)
  • Middle Low German: slûten
    • German Low German: sluten
    • → Danish: slutte
    • → Swedish: sluta
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: slutta
    • → Norwegian: slutte
• Old Dutch: *slūtan
  • Middle Dutch: sluten
    • Dutch: sluiten
      • Afrikaans: sluit
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: slokti
      • → Saramaccan: sòotó
    • Limburgish: sloete
• Old High German: sliozan
  • Middle High German: sliezen
    • German: schließen
    • Luxembourgish: schléissen
    • Yiddish: שליסן (shlisn)