sloof
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch slove, sloof, from or related to Proto-West Germanic *slaubjōn, from Proto-Germanic *slaubijōną (“to slip into”), perhaps related to *sleupaną (“to slip, glide, sneak”).[1]
Noun edit
sloof f (plural sloven, diminutive sloofje n)
Etymology 2 edit
From sloven.
Noun edit
sloof f (plural sloven, diminutive sloofje n)
References edit
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “sloof”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute