Where does “Buiksloot” come from?

Buiksloot (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch sloot, from Old Dutch slōt, from Proto-West Germanic *slot, from Proto-Germanic slutą.

Ancestry of “Buiksloot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsloot—
2Old Dutchslōtlock, bolt
3Proto-West Germanic*slotbar, bolt
4Proto-Germanicslutą—
Every word from Proto-Germanic slutą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *slot →Every word from Old Dutch slōt →