Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “slicken” come from?

slicken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch slikkon, from Proto-Germanic slikkōną, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.

slicken (Middle Dutch): to swallow

Definitions

  1. to swallow

Ancestry of “slicken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchslikkon—
2Proto-Germanicslikkōną—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick

Words derived from “slicken”

  • slikken
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →