Where does “slipperie” come from?
slipperie (Middle English) comes from Middle English slipper, from Old English slipor, from Proto-West Germanic *slipr, from Proto-Germanic slipraz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leyb- — slimy.
Ancestry of “slipperie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | slipper | — |
| 2 | Old English | slipor | slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily;... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *slipr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | slipraz | smooth; slippery |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)leyb- | slimy |
Words derived from “slipperie”