Where does “schlon” come from?

schlon (Central Franconian) comes from Old High German slahan, from Proto-West Germanic slahan, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

schlon (Central Franconian): to hit; to beat; to defeat

Definitions

  1. to hit; to beat; to defeat

Ancestry of “schlon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanslahanto hit
2Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
3Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
4Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slahan →