sleech

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sleyg-“to slide, be slippery”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*slikiz“mud, slush”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*sliki
4. Old English · inherited from*sliċ“mud, sludge”
5. Middle English · inherited fromsliche
6. English todaysleech

From Middle English sliche, a variant of slicche, from Old English *sliċ (“mud, sludge”), from Proto-West Germanic *sliki, from Proto-Germanic *slikiz (“mud, slush”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg- (“to slide, be slippery”). Doublet of slitch and sludge.

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