Where does “slí” come from?

slí (Irish) comes from Middle Irish slige, from Old Irish slige, from Old Irish sligid, from Celtic *sligeti, from Proto-Indo-European sleyǵ- — to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...

slí (Irish): way

Definitions

  1. way

Ancestry of “slí”, step by step

slí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Irish slige

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishsligeroad, way, passage
2Old Irishsligecomb
3Old Irishsligidto strike down, fell
4Celtic*sligeti—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansleyǵ-to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...

via Proto-Tai siːᴮ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Taisiːᴮfour
2Middle Chinese四—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*pV-lijfour

Words derived from “slí”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleyǵ- →Every word from Celtic *sligeti →Every word from Old Irish sligid →