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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slīkaz →