Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗An act or instance of slipping. · A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift. · A slipdress. · A mistake or error.
To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction. · To err. · To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally. · To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *slippjander. Old Saxon *slippiander. Middle Low German slippender.? Middle English slippen English slip 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.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionslippenenm
- Derivation mentionslippengml
- Derivation mention*slippianosx
- Derivation mention*slippjangmw-pro
- Derivation mention*slipjanągem-pro · to glide
- Derivation mention*sleyb-ine-pro · slimy; to slide
- Derivation mention*slewbʰ-ine-pro · slip, slide
- Derivation mention*slībanągem-pro · to split
- Cognate mentionsliporang · slippery
- Cognate mentionslipjestq · to slip
- Cognate mentionslippennl · to slip
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