Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slipr

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

From Proto-Germanic *slipraz.

Adjective

*slipr

1. slippery

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*slipr
Genitive	*slippras
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*slipr	*slippru	*slipr
Accusative	*slippranā	*slipprā	*slipr
Genitive	*slippras	*slippreʀā	*slippras
Dative	*slipprumē	*slippreʀē	*slipprumē
Instrumental	*slippru	*slippreʀu	*slippru
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*slipprē	*slipprō	*slippru
Accusative	*slipprā	*slipprā	*slippru
Genitive	*slippreʀō	*slippreʀō	*slippreʀō
Dative	*slipprēm, *slipprum	*slipprēm, *slipprum	*slipprēm, *slipprum
Instrumental	*slipprēm, *slipprum	*slipprēm, *slipprum	*slipprēm, *slipprum

Descendants

• Old English: slipor, sliper, slypor
  • Middle English: sliper, sluper, slipper
    • English: slipper
    • Scots: slipper, slippir, slippar, sloppare
    • ⇒ Middle English: slipperie
      • English: slippery
      • Scots: slipperie
• Old Frisian: *sliper
  • ⇒ Old Frisian: *sliperich
    • Saterland Frisian: slipperch
• Old Saxon: *slipar
  • Middle Low German: slipper
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: slipperich, slibberich
• Old Dutch: *slipar
  • ⇒ Middle Dutch: *slipperich, slibberich, slibbrich
• Old High German: sleffar
  • ⇒ Old High German: sleffarag
    • Middle High German: slipferic, slipferec
      • German: schlüpfrig