Where does “slipper” come from?

slipper (Middle English) comes from Old English slipor, from Proto-West Germanic *slipr, from Proto-Germanic slipraz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leyb- — slimy.

Ancestry of “slipper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsliporslippery, not easy to hold, moving easily;...
2Proto-West Germanic*sliprslippery
3Proto-Germanicsliprazsmooth; slippery
4Proto-Indo-European(s)leyb-slimy

Words derived from “slipper”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slipraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *slipr →
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