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Where does “halalslagte” come from?

halalslagte (Danish) comes from Danish slagte, from Middle Low German slachten, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

halalslagte (Danish): to practice dhabihah

Definitions

  1. to practice dhabihah

Ancestry of “halalslagte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishslagteto slaughter; to criticise harshly, to pan
2Middle Low Germanslachten—
3Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
4Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
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