Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slīban

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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

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Etymology

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Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (smooth, slick; sticky, slimy), the same source as *slīm (slime) and *līm (glue).[1] For the semantics, compare Proto-West Germanic *slīpan (to whet, sharpen), Old High German slīman (to make smooth), Proto-Celtic *limāti (to polish, sharpen), and Latin līma (carpenter's file), from the same root.[2]

Verb

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*slīban

  1. to split, divide
  2. to apportion

Inflection

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Strong class 1
Infinitive *slīban
1st sg. past *slaib
3rd pl. past *slibun
Past ptcple *sliban
Infinitive *slīban
Genitive infin. *slībannjas
Dative infin. *slībannjē
Instrum. infin. *slībannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *slību *slaib
2nd singular *slībiʀi *slibī
3rd singular *slībidi *slaib
1st plural *slībum *slibum
2nd plural *slībid *slibud
3rd plural *slīband *slibun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *slībē *slibī
2nd singular *slībēs *slibī
3rd singular *slībē *slibī
1st plural *slībēm *slibīm
2nd plural *slībēþ *slibīd
3rd plural *slībēn *slibīn
Imperative Present
Singular *slīb
Plural *slībid
Present Past
Participle *slībandī *sliban

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “slijpen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lim-ā-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 239