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Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch [Pokorny] :

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Record number: 1780

Root / lemma: (s)leup-, (s)leub(h)-

English meaning: to hang loose

German meaning: `schlaff herabha"ngen(d)'

Comments: nur german. und baltisch

Material: Ags. lyft `schwach' = mndl. luft, lucht `link', ofries. luf `schlaff, mu"de', aisl. lu:fa `dichtes Íààã' (wohl `*dicht und lang niederha"ngendes'), mnd. lobbe `ha"ngende Lippe, Manschette', ndl. lobbig `schlotterig, schlaff', isl. lubba f. `gros|er Dorsch'; nd. sluf, ndl. slof `matt, schlaff', sluffen `schleppend gehen', engl. sloven `nachla"ssiger, unreinlicher Mensch'; ndl. slobbe `Schlamm', engl. slobber, slubber `geifern, besudeln', nd. slubberen `schlu"rfen', nisl. slupra `schlu"rfen' (Vorstellung des Herabha"ngenlassens beim Essen, des ha"ngenden Schleimes und Schlammigen);

    lit. lu:/pa f. `Lippe' (: mndd. lobbe) und slu\bnas `schlaff, matt'.

References: WP. II 710.

Page(s): 964 - 965



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