Where does “Schlee” come from?

Schlee (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German slē, from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā, from Proto-Germanic slaihǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- — blueish.

Schlee (Plautdietsch): sloe (type of cherry), bullace

Definitions

  1. sloe (type of cherry), bullace

Ancestry of “Schlee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanslē—
2Proto-West Germanic*slaihāsloe
3Proto-Germanicslaihǭsloe
4Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₃y-blueish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slaihǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā →