Where does “sleipr” come from?

sleipr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic slaipaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leyb- — slimy.

Ancestry of “sleipr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslaipazslippery
2Proto-Indo-European(s)leyb-slimy

Words derived from “sleipr”

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