slip

slip · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-West Germanic*slippjan
2. Old Saxon*slippian
3. Middle Low Germanslippender.?
4. Middle Englishslippen
5. English todayslip

From Middle English slippen, probably from Middle Low German slippen, from Old Saxon *slippian, from Proto-West Germanic *slippjan, from Proto-Germanic *slipjaną (“to glide”), an iterative form of *slīpaną (“to slip, slide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyb- (“slimy; to slide”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”), or related to Proto-Germanic *slībaną (“to split”); related to Old English slipor (“slippery”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian slipje (“to slip”), Dutch slippen (“to slip”), German Low German slippen.

slip · noun²

1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*slīban“to split”
2. Middle Low German · derived fromslippe
3. Middle Dutch · derived fromslippe
4. English todayslip

Probably from Middle Dutch slippe or Middle Low German slippe, probably ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *slīban (“to split”).

slip · noun³

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sleyb-“slimy; to glide”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*slippijaną“to glide”
3. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sel-“to sneak, crawl”
4. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*slewb-
5. Proto-Germanic · derived from*sleupaną“to slip, sneak”
6. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*sleupan
7. Old English · inherited fromslyp
8. Middle English · inherited fromslyp
9. English todayslip

From Middle English slyp, slep, slyppe, from Old English slyp, slyppe, slipa (“a viscous, slimy substance”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan, from Proto-Germanic *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”), possibly connected with Proto-Indo-European *slewb-, *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak, crawl”); or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *slippijaną (“to glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyb- (“slimy; to glide”). Compare Old English slūpan (“to slip, glide”), Old English cūslyppe, cūsloppe (“cowslip”).

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