sleub(h)-

    sleub(h)-

    English meaning: to slide, slip

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “gleiten, schlũpfen”

    Note: only Lat. and Gmc.; compare also sleuĝ-.

    Material: Lat. lūbricus ‘schlũpfrig, smooth “; Goth. sliupan ‘slink”, O.H.G. sliofan, Ger. schliefen, O.E. slūpan “glide, slide, schlũpfen”, M.L.G. slūpen ‘schlũpfen, slink”, Goth. afslaupjan “abstreifen”, O.E. slīepan “an- or disrobe “, O.H.G. M.H.G. sloufen ‘schlũpfen lassen, an- or disrobe “, M.H.G. sluft (eig. ‘schlupf”), Ger. Schlucht, M.H.G. slupfer(ic), Ger. schlũpfrig (ro-forms as in lūbricus), O.E. slyppe “dough, mucus”, O.H.G. M.H.G. slouf “das Schlũpfen, duct, tube, pipe”, M.H.G. sloufe “duct, tube, pipe, diaper, Erbsschote”, Ger.Schleife, older Schläufe, dial. Schlaufe, etc.; in Gmc. also *sluƀ- (IE *sleup- or *sleubh-): O.E. slīefan “(dress) anziehen”, slīefe f. “Ärmel” (Eng. sleeve), nl. sloof ‘schũrze”, Ger. dial. Schlaube ds.

    References: WP. II 710 f.; WH. I 822 f.