Where does “slīcan” come from?

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

slīcan (Old English): to strike; to crawl, slink

Definitions

  1. to strike; to crawl, slink

Ancestry of “slīcan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslīkanąto slide, to slip
2Proto-Indo-Europeansleyǵ-to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...

Words derived from “slīcan”

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