slitch

slitch · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sleyg-“to be slick; slide, slip”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*slikiz
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*sliki
4. Old English · inherited from*sliċ
5. Middle English · inherited fromslicche
6. English todayslitch

From Middle English slicche, from Old English *sliċ, from Proto-West Germanic *sliki, *slīk, from Proto-Germanic *slikiz, *slīką, from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg- (“to be slick; slide, slip”). Related to Dutch slijk (“mud, mire, slush”), German Low German Slick (“mud, silt”), German Schlick (“silt, mud”). Doublet of sleech.

slitch · noun²

Blend of slut + bitch; coined by American science fiction author Robert Heinlein in 1982 in the novel Friday.

Words from the same roots