Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/slewbʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*slewbʰ-

1. to slip, slide, glide

Derived terms

• *sléwbʰ-e-ti
  • Proto-Germanic: *sleupaną
• *sléwbʰ-ro-kos ~ *slówbʰ-ro-kos
  • Proto-Italic: *slouβrikos
    • Latin: lūbricus (“slippery”)

References

• Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sleupan- ~ *slūpan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
• Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sleupanan ~ *slūpanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 349