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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishslipper—
2Old Englishsliporslippery, not easy to hold, moving easily;...
3Proto-West Germanic*sliprslippery
4Proto-Germanicsliprazsmooth; slippery
5Proto-Indo-European(s)leyb-slimy

Words derived from “slipperie”

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