German schlimm

← Middle Dutch slim (cognate)

← English slim (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (inherited)

← Middle High German slimp (inherited)

← Dutch slim (cognate)

→ English slim (cognate)

→ Danish slem (cognate)

→ German verschlimmern (confix)

→ Luxembourgish schlamm (cognate)

→ Luxembourgish schlëmm (cognate)

→ Latvian slims (cognate)

→ Dutch slim (cognate)

→ Pennsylvania German schlimm (cognate)

→ Swedish slem (cognate)