slijk
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch slijc, from Old Dutch *slīk, from Proto-Germanic *slīką, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).[1][2] Compare English slick and slime.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
slijk n (uncountable)
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References edit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “slick”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ “slick”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.