Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe small, astringent, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). · The tree Prunus spinosa. · Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, Prunus alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.
From Middle English slo, sla, sloo, from Old English slā, slāh, from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, *slaihwō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Doublet of Sliwa.
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*(s)leh₃y-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsloenm
- Inherited-form mentionslāang
- Inherited-form mention*slaihāgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*slaihǭgem-pro
- Derivation mention*(s)leh₃y-ine-pro · bluish
- Doublet mentionSliwaen
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