slango

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English slang, of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslanɡo]

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• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Hyphenation: slan‧go

Noun

slango (uncountable, accusative slangon)

1. slang

See also

• ĵargono

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slangô.

Noun

slango m

1. snake

Inflection

Declension of slango (masculine an-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	slango	slangon
accusative	slangon	slangon
genitive	slangin	slangono
dative	slangin	slangon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: slange
  • Dutch: slang
    • Afrikaans: slang
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: slanggi
    • Negerhollands: slang, slaṅ
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: slanka
    • → Aukan: salan
    • → Caribbean Javanese: selang
    • → Indonesian: slang (“hose”)
    • → Papiamentu: slan
  • Limburgish: slang

Further reading

• “slango”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slangô.

Noun

slango m

1. snake

Declension

Declension of slango (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	slango	slangon, slangun
accusative	slangon, slangun	slangon, slangun
genitive	slangen, slangin	slangōno
dative	slangen, slangin	slangōm, slangōn

Descendants

• Middle High German: slange
  • German: Schlange (see there for further descendants)
  • Central Franconian: Schlang
    • Hunsrik: Schlang
    • Luxembourgish: Schlaang
  • Rhine Franconian:
    • Pennsylvania German: Schlang
  • Yiddish: שלאַנג (shlang)
    • → English: schlong

References

• "slango" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)