slinnean

shoulder blade, shoulder, Irish slinneán, Middle Irish slindén: cf. Old Irish slind, imbrex, tile, Irish slinn, slate, tile, also Early Irish slind-gér, smooth-sharp, slate-polished (?), slinnd-glanait, whetstone-cleaned: *slindi-, root slid, sleid, smooth, glide, English slide, Lithuanian slidùs, smooth. Stokes refers slind, imbrex, to the root splid, splind, split, English split, splint; See sliseag.