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Proto-IE: *sleyǝw-
Meaning: sloe, plum(-tree); plum-blue
Slavic: *slī́vā; *slīvъ: Sloven slìv `bläulich'
Germanic: *sláixw-ōn-/*slai(g)w-ṓn- f.
Latin: līvēre `bleifarbig, bläulich sein', līvor, -ōris m. `bläuliche Farbe'; līvidus, -aq `blauschwarz, blaugrau'
Celtic: OIr lī `Farbe, Glanz'; Cymr lliw, OCorn liu, NCorn lyw `ds.'; OBret, NBret liou `Farbe', OBret liou `naevum'
Russ. meaning: дерево (терновник, слива); синенький
References: WP II 715 f
Comments: One could think of a borrowing in Slav. < Germ., if not for a similar case with the "willow", *eyǝw-: *slī́vā ~ *sláixw-ōn-/*slai(g)w-ṓn- f. = *jī́vā ~ *ī(g)w-á-/*ī́xw-a- m., *ī(g)w-ṓ/*ī́xw-ō f., *ī(g)w-V́n-.
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