Where does “sleffar” come from?

sleffar (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic slipraz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leyb- — slimy.

sleffar (Old High German): slippery

Definitions

  1. slippery

Ancestry of “sleffar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsliprazsmooth; slippery
2Proto-Indo-European(s)leyb-slimy

Words derived from “sleffar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slipraz →