Where does “slicén” come from?

slicén (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish slice, from Proto-Celtic *sligeti, from Proto-Indo-European sleyǵ- — to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...

slicén (Middle Irish): Diminutive of slice

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of slice

Ancestry of “slicén”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsliceshell
2Proto-Celtic*sligetito strike
3Proto-Indo-Europeansleyǵ-to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...

Words derived from “slicén”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic *sligeti →Every word from Old Irish slice →