Where does “slagmark” come from?

slagmark (Danish) comes from Danish slag, from German Schlag, from Middle High German slac, from Old High German slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg, from Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slagge — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

slagmark (Danish): a battlefield

Definitions

  1. a battlefield

Ancestry of “slagmark”, step by step

slagmark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish slag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishslagA hit, punch; A beat; A battle
2GermanSchlagblow, hit; beat
3Middle High Germanslac—
4Old High Germanslag—
5Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
6Swedishslaggslag metallurgical waste material
7Low Germanslagge—
8Middle Low Germanslagge—
9Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
10Old Saxonslāhanto hit
11Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
12Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
13Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Danish mark

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmarkfield; mark
2Old Norsemǫrkmark, by weight or value, = eight ounces; forest
3Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slahan →