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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sleutan

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

Etymology

Unknown;[1] suggested to possibly be from a metathesized s-mobile form of Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-, and cognate with Latin claudō (to close).[2]

Verb

*sleutan

  1. to bolt, lock

Inflection

Strong class 2
Infinitive *sleutan
1st sg. past *slaut
3rd pl. past *slutun
Past ptcple *slotan
Infinitive *sleutan
Genitive infin. *sleutannjas
Dative infin. *sleutannjē
Instrum. infin. *sleutannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *sleutu *slaut
2nd singular *sliutiʀi *slutī
3rd singular *sliutidi *slaut
1st plural *sleutum *slutum
2nd plural *sliutid *slutud
3rd plural *sleutand *slutun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *sleutē *slutī
2nd singular *sleutēs *slutī
3rd singular *sleutē *slutī
1st plural *sleutēm *slutīm
2nd plural *sleutēþ *slutīd
3rd plural *sleutēn *slutīn
Imperative Present
Singular *sliut
Plural *sliutid
Present Past
Participle *sleutandī *slotan

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: slūta
    • Saterland Frisian: sluute
    • West Frisian: slute
  • Old Saxon: slūtan (in combination)
  • Old Dutch: *slūtan
    • Middle Dutch: sluten
      • Dutch: sluiten
        • Afrikaans: sluit
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: slokti
        • Saramaccan: sòotó
      • Limburgish: sloete
  • Old High German: sliozan

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sleutan- ~ *slūtan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “klēu- (auch klěu-?) und klāu-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 604-605
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