Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slaut
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editUncertain; possibly related to *sleutan (“to lock, close”),[1] compare symantics of *pundu (“enclosure (for animals, water); lock”), whence English pond. Alternately, related to *slautijā (“hail”).
Noun
edit*slaut m
Inflection
editMasculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *slaut | |
Genitive | *slautas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *slaut | *slautō, *slautōs |
Accusative | *slaut | *slautā |
Genitive | *slautas | *slautō |
Dative | *slautē | *slautum |
Instrumental | *slautu | *slautum |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “sloot”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001