slicht

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*slihtaz
2. Old English · inherited fromsliht“smooth, level”
3. Middle English · inherited fromslight“bad, of poor quality, also meaning smooth or level”
4. English todayslicht

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, also meaning smooth or level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz. Cognate with Danish slet (“bad, poor, wrong”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”).

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