*slīmą

Runic: ᛊᛚᛁᛗᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈsliː.mɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

From Proto-Indo-European *sley- (‘smooth; slick; sticky; slimy’). Related to Sanskrit आलय (ālaya) (ālaya), whence the second part of Himalaya.

*slīm (Proto-West Germanic)
- *slīm (Old Dutch)
  - slijm (Middle Dutch)
    - slijm (Dutch)
      - slym (Afrikaans)
*slīm (Proto-West Germanic)
- slīm (Old English)
  - slim, slym, slyme, slime (Middle English)
    - slime (English)
    - slyme, slime (Scots)
*slīm (Proto-West Germanic)
- *slīm (Old Frisian)
  - Sliem (Saterland Frisian)
  - slym, slime (West Frisian)
*slīm (Proto-West Germanic)
- slīm (Old High German)
  - slīm (Middle High German)
    - Schleim (German)
    - Schleim (Hunsrik)
    - Schläim (Luxembourgish)
    - שלײַם (shlaym) (Yiddish)
*slīm (Proto-West Germanic)
- slīm (Old Saxon)
  - slîm (Middle Low German)
    - Sliem (German Low German)
    - Schliem (Plautdietsch)
slím (Old Norse)
- slím (Faroese)
- sleim, slém (Gutnish)
- slím (Icelandic)
- slim (Norwegian Nynorsk)
slím (Old Norse)
- slim (Danish)
  - slim (Norwegian Bokmål)
slím (Old Norse)
- slīm, slēmber (Old Swedish)
  - slem (Swedish)
*lima (Proto-Finnic)