Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slangô

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *slenk- (“to wind, twist, slink, creep”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈslɑŋ.ɡɔːː/

Noun

*slangô m

snake
Synonyms: *agiz, *linþaz, *nadraz, *nadrǭ, *snakô, *wurmiz

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *slangô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*slangô	*slanganiz
vocative	*slangô	*slanganiz
accusative	*slanganų	*slanganunz
genitive	*slanginiz	*slanganǫ̂
dative	*slangini	*slangammaz
instrumental	*slanginē	*slangammiz

Related terms

*slingwaną

Descendants

Old Frisian: *slanga m, *slange f
- North Frisian: slaang, slang, slånge
- Saterland Frisian: Sloange, Slange
- West Frisian: slange, slang
Old Saxon: slango
- Middle Low German: slange
  - Plautdietsch: Schlang
  - → Old Norse: slangi
Old Dutch: slango
- Middle Dutch: slange
  - Dutch: slang
    - Afrikaans: slang
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: slanggi
    - Negerhollands: slang, slaṅ
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: slanka
    - → Aukan: salan
    - → Caribbean Javanese: selang
    - → Indonesian: slang (“hose”)
    - → Papiamentu: slan
  - Limburgish: slang
Old High German: slango
- Middle High German: schlange
  - German: Schlange
    - → Russian: шланг (šlang, “hose”) (see there for further descendants)
    - → Silesian: szlanga
  - Hunsrik: Schlang
  - Luxembourgish: Schlaang
  - Yiddish: שלאַנג‎ (shlang)
    - → English: schlong
Old Norse: slangi; slanga f
- Icelandic: slanga
- Faroese: slanga
- Norwegian Nynorsk: slange
- Danish: slange
  - Norwegian Bokmål: slange
- Swedish: slang
- Gutnish: slangr, slang

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