Where does “Schléif” come from?

Schléif (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German slēha, from Proto-Germanic slaihǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- — blueish.

Schléif (Luxembourgish): sloe

Definitions

  1. sloe

Ancestry of “Schléif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanslēha—
2Proto-Germanicslaihǭsloe
3Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₃y-blueish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slaihǭ →Every word from Old High German slēha →
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