Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slihtaz

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 *slīkaną (“to slide, slip”) +‎ *-þaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslix.tɑz/

Adjective

*slihtaz

1. slippery
2. smooth; flat; level

Inflection

Declension of *slihtaz (a-stem)

Strong declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*slihtaz	*slihtai	*slihtō	*slihtôz	*slihtą, -atō	*slihtō
Accusative	*slihtanǭ	*slihtanz	*slihtǭ	*slihtōz	*slihtą, -atō	*slihtō
Genitive	*slihtas, -is	*slihtaizǫ̂	*slihtaizōz	*slihtaizǫ̂	*slihtas, -is	*slihtaizǫ̂
Dative	*slihtammai	*slihtaimaz	*slihtaizōi	*slihtaimaz	*slihtammai	*slihtaimaz
Instrumental	*slihtanō	*slihtaimiz	*slihtaizō	*slihtaimiz	*slihtanō	*slihtaimiz
Weak declension
Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*slihtô	*slihtaniz	*slihtǭ	*slihtōniz	*slihtô	*slihtōnō
Accusative	*slihtanų	*slihtanunz	*slihtōnų	*slihtōnunz	*slihtô	*slihtōnō
Genitive	*slihtiniz	*slihtanǫ̂	*slihtōniz	*slihtōnǫ̂	*slihtiniz	*slihtanǫ̂
Dative	*slihtini	*slihtammaz	*slihtōni	*slihtōmaz	*slihtini	*slihtammaz
Instrumental	*slihtinē	*slihtammiz	*slihtōnē	*slihtōmiz	*slihtinē	*slihtammiz

Descendants

• Old English: sliht
  • Middle English: slight, sleght, sleȝt, sleight, sleiȝte, sliȝt, slyght, slyȝt
    • English: slight
    • Scots: slicht
    • Yola: sleight
• Old Frisian: sliucht
  • Saterland Frisian: sljucht
  • West Frisian: sljocht
• Old Saxon: *sliht, *sleht
  • Middle Low German: slicht; slecht (rarer)
    • German Low German: slicht, slecht (often with split after standard German)
• Old Dutch: *sliht, *sleht
  • Middle Dutch: slicht, slecht
    • Dutch: slecht (earlier also slicht)
      • Afrikaans: sleg
• Old High German: sleht; *sliht
  • Middle High German: sleht; sliht (northern; rather rare)
    • German: schlecht; schlicht (partly from Low German)
    • Vilamovian: ślaht
    • Yiddish: שלעכט (shlekht)
• Old Norse: sléttr
  • Icelandic: sléttur
  • Faroese: slættur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: slett
  • Norwegian Bokmål: slett
  • Old Swedish: slǣtter
    • Swedish: slät, slätt
  • Danish: slet
  • Gutnish: slètur
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 (slaihts)