Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “slicken” come from?

slicken (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic slikkōną, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.

Ancestry of “slicken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslikkōną—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick

Words derived from “slicken”

  • slicka
  • rövslickare
  • slickepinne
  • slikke
  • slikke
  • slikke
  • slikkepind
  • slik
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