Where does “slipperily” come from?
slipperily (English) comes from English slippery, from Middle English slipperie, from Middle English slipper, from Old English slipor, from Proto-West Germanic *slipr, from Proto-Germanic slipraz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leyb- — slimy.
slipperily (English): In a slippery manner
Definitions
- In a slippery manner
Ancestry of “slipperily”, step by step
slipperily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English slippery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | slippery | Of a surface, having low friction, often due to... |
| 2 | Middle English | slipperie | — |
| 3 | Middle English | slipper | — |
| 4 | Old English | slipor | slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily;... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *slipr | slippery |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | slipraz | smooth; slippery |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)leyb- | slimy |