Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slaut

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 edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain; 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

puddle, pool
ditch, channel

Inflection edit

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*slaut
Genitive	*slautas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*slaut	slautō, slautōs
Accusative	*slaut	*slautā
Genitive	*slautas	*slautō
Dative	*slautē	*slautum
Instrumental	*slautu	*slautum

Descendants edit

Old Frisian: slāt
- North Frisian:
  Sylt: Sluat
- Saterland Frisian: Sloot
- West Frisian: sleat
  - → Dutch: slat (dialectal)
Old Dutch: *slōt
- Middle Dutch: slôot, slôte
  - Dutch: sloot
    - Afrikaans: sloot
      - → English: sloot, sluit
Old Saxon: *slōt
- Middle Low German: slôt
  - German Low German: Sloot
    Westphalian: Sluat

References edit

^ Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “sloot”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

[1] Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “sloot”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

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