Where does “Schleimhaut” come from?

Schleimhaut (German) comes from German Schleim, from Middle High German slīm, from Old High German slimb, from Proto-West Germanic *slimb, from Proto-Germanic slimbaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lemb- — to droop; sag; hang loosely.

Schleimhaut (German): mucous membrane, mucosa

Definitions

  1. mucous membrane, mucosa

Ancestry of “Schleimhaut”, step by step

Schleimhaut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schleim

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchleimslime; mucus
2Middle High Germanslīm—
3Old High Germanslimb—
4Proto-West Germanic*slimb—
5Proto-Germanicslimbazaslant; sloping; askew; crooked; wrong
6Proto-Indo-European(s)lemb-to droop; sag; hang loosely

via German haut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhautinflection of hauen: ## second-person plural...
2Middle High Germanhūt—
3Old High Germanhūthide
4Proto-West Germanichūdiskin
5Proto-Germanichūdizhide, skin
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “Schleimhaut”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)lemb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slimbaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *slimb →