Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slībaną

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 *(s)ley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”), the same source as *slīmą (“slime”) and *līmaz (“glue, clay, lime”). For the semantics, compare Proto-Germanic *slīpaną (“to whet, sharpen”), Old High German slīman (“to make smooth”), Proto-Celtic *limāti (“to polish, sharpen”) and Latin līma (“carpenter's file”), from extensions of the same root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsliː.βɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*slībaną

1. (West Germanic) to split

Inflection

Conjugation of *slībaną (strong class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*slībō	*slībaų	—	*slībai	?
2nd singular	*slībizi	*slībaiz	*slīb	*slībazai	*slībaizau
3rd singular	*slībidi	*slībai	*slībadau	*slībadai	*slībaidau
1st dual	*slībōz	*slībaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*slībadiz	*slībaidiz	*slībadiz	—	—
1st plural	*slībamaz	*slībaim	—	*slībandai	*slībaindau
2nd plural	*slībid	*slībaid	*slībid	*slībandai	*slībaindau
3rd plural	*slībandi	*slībain	*slībandau	*slībandai	*slībaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*slaib	*slibį̄
2nd singular	*slaift	*slibīz
3rd singular	*slaib	*slibī
1st dual	*slibū	*slibīw
2nd dual	*slibudiz	*slibīdiz
1st plural	*slibum	*slibīm
2nd plural	*slibud	*slibīd
3rd plural	*slibun	*slibīn
	present	past
participles	*slībandz	*slibanaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *slīban
  • Old English: slīfan
    • Middle English: sliven; slivere, sliver
      • Scots: slive; scleeberie, slaiver, sliver
      • English: slive (obsolete); sliver
  • Old Saxon: *slīvan
    • >? Middle Low German: slîven (“to ladle out, spoon in, ingest”)