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Where does “sleffarag” come from?

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

Ancestry of “sleffarag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansleffarslippery
2Proto-Germanicsliprazsmooth; slippery
3Proto-Indo-European(s)leyb-slimy

Words derived from “sleffarag”

  • schlüpfrig
  • slipferec
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