Where does “slendre” come from?

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

Ancestry of “slendre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchesclendrethin, slender
2Old Dutchslinderthin, lank
3Proto-Germanicslindrazsliding, slippery
4Proto-Indo-Europeansleydʰ-to slip, slide; to be slippery, slick

Words derived from “slendre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slindraz →Every word from Old Dutch slinder →