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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
slighe, a way, Ir. slighe, E. Ir. slige, g. sliged: *sleget-, root sleg of Ir. sligim, I. strike (ro sligsetar, ro selgatar rotu, they hewed out ways). See slachd further.
slinn, a weaver's sley or reed, Ir. slinn, a sley, M. Ir. slind, pecten, also slige, pecten, which suggests for slinn a stem: *sleg-s-ni-, sleg being the same root as that of slighe and slachd. Cf. Eng. sley allied to slay, smite. Stokes refers both O. Ir. slind, tile and weaver's sley, to the root splid, splind, Eng. split, splint. See slinnean and sliseag further.
slinnean, shoulder blade, shoulder, Ir. slinneán, M. Ir. slindén: cf. O. Ir. slind, imbrex, tile, Ir. slinn, slate, tile, also E. Ir. slind-gér, smooth-sharp, slate-polished (?), slinnd-glanait, whetstone-cleaned: *slindi-, root slid, sleid, smooth, glide, Eng. slide, Lit. slidùs, smooth. Stokes refers slind, imbrex, to the root splid, splind, split, Eng. split, splint; see sliseag.
slìob, stroke, rub, lick, Ir. sliobhaim, polish, M. Ir. slipthe, whettened, slibad, whetting, W. yslipan, burnish; from Norse or Ag. S. - Norse slípa, whet, make sleek, Ag. S. slípan, slip, glide, M.L.Ger. slípen, sharpen, M.Du. slijpen, polish, sharpen.
sliochd, posterity, tribe, Ir. sliochd, M. Ir. slicht, trace, track, O. Ir. slict, vestigium: *slektu-, root sleg of slighe and slachd. For similar origin, cf. Ger. geschlecht, race, lineage.
slìogach, sly, Ir. slíogach, sleek, fawning, slígthech, sly; from Eng., Sc. sleek, Norse slíkr, smooth; I. E. sleiꬶ, glide (see sliabh).
slìom, sleek, slippery, slim, the buttercup (Carm.), Ir. slíomaim flatter, smooth, gloss over; from Eng. slim, sly, crafty, slender, now "slim", Sc. slim, naughty, slim o'er, gloss over, O.Du. slim, awry, crafty, Ger. schlimm, bad, cunning. Hence G. slìomaire, weakling, craven.
sliop, a lip, blubber lip; from Eng. lip.
slios, the side of a man or beast, flank, Ir. slios, O. Ir. sliss, pl. slessa, W. ystlis: *stlisti-, root stel, extend, Lat. stlâtus, lâtus, wide, Ch. Sl. stelja, spread.
slis, sliseag, a chip, Ir. slis, sliseóg, E. Ir. sliss: *slissi-, from *splid-s-ti, root splid. Eng. split, splice, splint, Ger. spleissen, etc. Eng. slice has been compared, Eng. slit, root slid, which could also produce the Gadelic forms.
slisneach, a plant like the slan-lus (Carm.):
sloc, a pit, slough, Ir. sloc: *slukko-, for *slug-ko-, root slug, swallow, as in slug, q.v. Skeat derives hence Ag. S. slóh, Eng. slough. Ger. schlucht, hollow, ravine, is referred by Kluge to the root slup, lubricus.
