sloe
English
/ˈsləʊ/, /ˈsloʊ/
noun
Definitions
- The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa).
- The tree Prunus spinosa.
- Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, , bearing dark-purple fruit.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English slo inherited from Old English slāh inherited from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (bluish), *(s)leh₃y- (bluish, blueish, plum-coloured).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)leh₃y-
Gloss
bluish, blueish, plum-coloured
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bush English
- lividity English
- lividly English
- lividness English
- sloebush English
- sloelike English
- livedo Latin
- livens Latin
- lividus Latin
- livor Latin
- luridus Latin
- luror Latin
- līvor Latin
- lūridus Latin
- *(s)leh₃y- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)leh₃y- Proto-Indo-European
- *sliwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *slaihǭ Proto-Germanic
- Śliwa Polish
- Śliwka Polish
- slāh Old English
- slo Middle English
- slêha Old High German
- slēha Old High German
- Schléif Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *līwos Proto-Celtic