Schlei

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schlei, found in Old Saxon as Slia (modern Low German Slie) and Old Danish as Slæ meaning "muddy waters," presumably related to Proto-Germanic *slīmą.[1]

Proper noun

Schlei

  1. An estuary in Germany, in the region of Schleswig-Holstein.

References
  1. Wolfgang Laur: Historisches Ortsnamenlexikon von Schleswig-Holstein, 2. Auflage, Neumünster 1992, S. 575

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German slīge, from Old High German slīo, perhaps ultimately from the root of Schläim (“slime”).[1] Cognate with German Schleie.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃlɑɪ̯/

Noun

Schlei f (plural Schleien)

  1. tench

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schlei”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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