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slinta

“slinta” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to slip so as to (nearly) have an accident or other undesirable outcome
  2. to have a slip of the tongue
  3. to lose one's footing; to slip

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slintanan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- (“to slip, slide; to be slippery, slick”).

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