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Where does “slīc” come from?

slīc (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic slīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European sleyǵ- — to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...

slīc (Old English): sleek, smooth; crafty, cunning, slick

Definitions

  1. sleek, smooth; crafty, cunning, slick

Ancestry of “slīc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslīkazslick, smooth; sleek, smooth
2Proto-Indo-Europeansleyǵ-to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...

Words derived from “slīc”

  • sleek
  • slick
  • slicker
  • sleeker
  • slickness
  • sleekness
  • sleekly
  • slickly
  • sleekit
  • sleeking
  • sleeky
  • slicken
  • slickster
  • slickered
  • unslick
  • unsleek
  • sleeken
  • superslick
  • ultraslick
  • rainslicker
  • supersleek
  • sleekish
  • slickwater
  • slickhead
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