Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sleupaną

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 *slewb(ʰ)- (“to slip, glide”).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsleu̯.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sleupaną

1. To creep, slink, sneak, slip (move quietly or stealthily)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *sleupaną (strong class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sleupō	*sleupaų	—	*sleupai	?
2nd singular	*sliupizi	*sleupaiz	*sleup	*sleupazai	*sleupaizau
3rd singular	*sliupidi	*sleupai	*sleupadau	*sleupadai	*sleupaidau
1st dual	*sleupōz	*sleupaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sleupadiz	*sleupaidiz	*sleupadiz	—	—
1st plural	*sleupamaz	*sleupaim	—	*sleupandai	*sleupaindau
2nd plural	*sliupid	*sleupaid	*sliupid	*sleupandai	*sleupaindau
3rd plural	*sleupandi	*sleupain	*sleupandau	*sleupandai	*sleupaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*slaup	*slupį̄
2nd singular	*slauft	*slupīz
3rd singular	*slaup	*slupī
1st dual	*slupū	*slupīw
2nd dual	*slupudiz	*slupīdiz
1st plural	*slupum	*slupīm
2nd plural	*slupud	*slupīd
3rd plural	*slupun	*slupīn
	present	past
participles	*sleupandz	*slupanaz

Related terms

• *slaupa-
• *slaupaz
• *slaupijaną
• *slupaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sleupan
  • Old English: slūpan
  • Old Frisian: *slūpa
    • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: sluupje
    • West Frisian: slûpe
  • Old Saxon: *slūpan
    • Middle Low German: slûpen
      • German Low German: slupen
  • Old Dutch: slūpen
    • Middle Dutch: slupen
      • Dutch: sluipen
  • Old High German: sliofan
    • Middle High German: sliefen
      • German: schliefen
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (sliupan)