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ETYMOLOGY

Polish ślina; Ukrainian сли́на; слі́на; from Proto-Slavic ✱slina; cf. Russian слюна; from PIE ✱sley- 'smooth, slick'; cf. Latin līmāx 'snail, slug'; Greek λεῖμαξ 'slug'; Polish ślimak 'snail' (see שלימאַק); PGmc ✱slīma-; ON slím; OE slīm; English slime; OHG slīm; MHG slîm; NHG Schleim (see שלײַם).
{Kluge/Seebold 2011: 809. Kroonen 2013: 455. Vasmer/Trubachev 3672}
The idiom די סלינע רינט אים פֿון מויל 'his mouth is watering (i.e., he is hungry for)' might be a calque of Polish ślina/ślinka komuś cieknie/leci.

CENTRAL

šlʲɪ́ɲɩklʲ שליניקל 'bib (for baby)' (Polish śliniaczek) {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}