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Etymology

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Inherited from Dutch sluw, from Low German slu.

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slu (attributive sluwe, comparative sluwer, superlative sluuste)

  1. sly, cunning

Low German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Low German slû, from Proto-Germanic *slūha, of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leuǵ (to crawl, slide), if the original sense referred to sneaking and sliding.[1] Cognate with German schlau.

Adjective

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slu (comparative sluer, superlative slust)

  1. clever, crafty
  2. sly, cunning

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  • Dutch: sluw

References

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “sluw”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Norwegian

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slu

  1. sly, cunning

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