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

1. snake

   Synonyms: *agiz, *linþaz, *nadraz, *nadrǭ, *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

• Proto-West Germanic: *slangō
  • 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 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 (see there for further descendants)
      • Hunsrik: Schlang
      • Luxembourgish: Schlaang
      • Yiddish: שלאַנג (shlang)
        • → English: schlong
• Old Norse: slangi m, slanga f
  • Icelandic: slanga
  • Faroese: slanga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: slange
  • Danish: slange
    • Norwegian Bokmål: slange
  • Swedish: slang
  • Gutnish: slangr, slang