Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slīkaną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”). Cognate with Old Irish sligim (“to smear”) and Proto-Slavic *slizъkъ (“smooth, slime”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsliː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*slīkaną

1. to slide, to slip

Inflection

Conjugation of *slīkaną (strong class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*slīkō	*slīkaų	—	*slīkai	?
2nd singular	*slīkizi	*slīkaiz	*slīk	*slīkazai	*slīkaizau
3rd singular	*slīkidi	*slīkai	*slīkadau	*slīkadai	*slīkaidau
1st dual	*slīkōz	*slīkaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*slīkadiz	*slīkaidiz	*slīkadiz	—	—
1st plural	*slīkamaz	*slīkaim	—	*slīkandai	*slīkaindau
2nd plural	*slīkid	*slīkaid	*slīkid	*slīkandai	*slīkaindau
3rd plural	*slīkandi	*slīkain	*slīkandau	*slīkandai	*slīkaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*slaik	*slikį̄
2nd singular	*slaiht	*slikīz
3rd singular	*slaik	*slikī
1st dual	*slikū	*slikīw
2nd dual	*slikudiz	*slikīdiz
1st plural	*slikum	*slikīm
2nd plural	*slikud	*slikīd
3rd plural	*slikun	*slikīn
	present	past
participles	*slīkandz	*slikanaz

Derived terms

• *slihtaz
• *slīką
• *slīkaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *slīkan
  • Old English: *slīcan
    • Middle English: sliken
      • English: slike
  • Old Frisian: *slīka
    • Saterland Frisian: slieke
  • Old Saxon: *slīkan
    • Middle Low German: slîken
      • German Low German: slieken
      • Plautdietsch: schlijken
  • Old High German: slīhhan
    • Middle High German: slīchen
      • German: schleichen
      • Luxembourgish: schläichen