Where does “sclabbe” come from?

sclabbe (Middle English) comes from Old Norse sleipr, from Proto-Germanic slaipaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leyb- — slimy.

Ancestry of “sclabbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesleipr
2Proto-Germanicslaipazslippery
3Proto-Indo-European(s)leyb-slimy

Words derived from “sclabbe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leyb-