slike

Meaning

Verb

• To crawl; creep; slide.
• To make sleek or smooth.
• To rend asunder; cleave.

Origin

• From Middle English sliken, from Old English *slīcan, from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ-. Cognate with German Low German slieken, German schleichen, Old English slīcian. Related to sleek, slick, slitch, sleech, sludge.
• From Middle English sliken, slikien, from Old English slīcian. See above.
• From Middle English *sliken, from Old English slīcan, from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ-. Cognate with Old Frisian slēc, Middle Low German slîken, Old English sliċċ, sliċ, Latin ligō, ligōnis.