Where does “slipen” come from?

slipen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch slīpan, from Proto-West Germanic slīpan, from Proto-Germanic slīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European sley- — smooth; slick; sticky; slimy; to smear.

slipen (Middle Dutch): to sharpen; to grind, to abrade

Definitions

  1. to sharpen; to grind, to abrade

Ancestry of “slipen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchslīpanto sharpen
2Proto-West Germanicslīpanto grind, to whet, to sharpen
3Proto-Germanicslīpanąto slide; to grind; to sharpen
4Proto-Indo-Europeansley-smooth; slick; sticky; slimy; to smear

Words derived from “slipen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sley- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slīpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slīpan →