Words that come from Proto-West Germanic slahan

400 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic slahan — including slain, drum, slew, slay, drummer, slag, drumming, slayer.

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Finnish (176)

English (73)

Dutch (58)

German (35)

Russian (6)

Danish (5)

Irish (5)

Middle Dutch (4)

Polish (4)

Afrikaans (3)

Swedish (3)

Serbo-Croatian (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Hungarian (2)

Silesian (2)

Old English (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Low German (1)

Yiddish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old High German (1)

West Frisian (1)

French (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Czech (1)

Georgian (1)

Middle High German (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Korean (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Belarusian (1)