Where does “slikke” come from?

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

slikke (Norwegian Nynorsk): to lick

Definitions

  1. to lick

Ancestry of “slikke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanslicken—
2Proto-Germanicslikkōną—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slikkōną →Every word from Middle Low German slicken →