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slak

(Inglese)

snail, slug (any gastropod)

Frequenza

C2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/slɑk/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle Dutch slecke, slacke, from Old Dutch *slecco, from Proto-Germanic *slikkô, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sliǵ-ōn, from *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Schleek, German Low German Slacke, Slack (“snail”).

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