Cognate Set 181 – Meaning: bad

IE-CoR reference form:
*slei̯g̑-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Found in clades:
Germanic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 5 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
116   Dutch slecht slɛχt
117   Flemish slecht
122   German schlecht ˈʃlɛçt ˈʃlɛçt
121   Luxembourgish schlecht ʃlæɕt ʃlæɕt
123   German: Bernese schlächt ʃlæxt ʃlæxt
References
  • Kluge, Friedrich: 809
    S.v. NHG schlecht (MHG sleht, OHG sleht, sliht, OS sliht), from PGmc. *slihta- 'eben, geglättet', also in Goth. slaihts, ON sléttr, OE sliht, OFr. sliuht, an adjective from an original to-participle to the verb schleichen (cf. MHG slīchen, OHG slīhhan, MLG sliken), to which can be compared outside of Germanic to OIr. fo-slig 'überschmiert'.
  • Rix, Helmut: 566-567
    S.v. *slei̯g̑- 'schmieren, glatt machen' (IEW 663-664). OHG slīhhan 'schleichen' is a secondary e-grade thematic e-present.
  • Scarborough, Matthew:
    Root reconstruction *(s)lei̯g̑- follows LIV² (cf. s.v., n1 comparing Gk. λίγδην 'oberflächlich berührend', OCS slьzъkъ). For older hypotheses connecting the lexemes related to OHG slīhhan, etc. to a potentially unextended root *(s)lei̯-, cf. Seebold (1970:428-429). No lemma for OHG slīhhan, etc. in Kroonen (2013).
  • Seebold, Elmar: 428-429
    Cf. s.v. *sleik-a- 'schleichen', with derived adj. *slih-ta- 'schlicht, glatt' (cf. OIr. fo-slig 'überschmiert', (OCS) slьzъkъ 'schlüpfrig, glatt', Gk. λίγδην 'oberflächlich berührend, streifend'), perhaps to be analysed as a more basic root *(s)lei̯- 'schleichen, kriechen' or a contamination with *lei̯- 'kleben, schleimig sein'.