Where does “スレンダー” come from?

スレンダー (Japanese) comes from English slender, from Middle English slendre, from Old French esclendre, from Old Dutch slinder, from Proto-Germanic slindraz, from Proto-Indo-European sleydʰ- — to slip, slide; to be slippery, slick.

スレンダー (Japanese): slender

Definitions

  1. slender

Ancestry of “スレンダー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishslenderThin; slim; meagre; deficient; Palatalized
2Middle Englishslendre—
3Old Frenchesclendrethin, slender
4Old Dutchslinderthin, lank
5Proto-Germanicslindrazsliding, slippery
6Proto-Indo-Europeansleydʰ-to slip, slide; to be slippery, slick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slindraz →Every word from Old Dutch slinder →