English
slant
Slant comes from Proto-Germanic *slintaną ‘to slip, to slide’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*slintaną‘to slip, to slide’reconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1753slant
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*slintaną‘to slip, to slide’reconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1753slant
Earliest quotation: 1753, Robert Dodsley: “On the side of yonder slanting hill”.
The story
Probably influenced by aslant.
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *slintaną
Today it means
noun A slope; an incline, inclination.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *slintaną / slant