Where does “slīpan” come from?

slīpan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic slīpan, from Proto-Germanic slīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European sley- — smooth; slick; sticky; slimy; to smear.

slīpan (Old Dutch): to sharpen

Definitions

  1. to sharpen

Ancestry of “slīpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicslīpanto grind, to whet, to sharpen
2Proto-Germanicslīpanąto slide; to grind; to sharpen
3Proto-Indo-Europeansley-smooth; slick; sticky; slimy; to smear

Words derived from “slīpan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sley- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slīpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slīpan →