Where does “Sloten” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Sloten”, step by step

Sloten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch slōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchslōtlock, bolt
2Proto-West Germanic*slotbar, bolt
3Proto-Germanicslutą—

via Old Frisian slāt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianslāt—
Every word from Proto-Germanic slutą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *slot →Every word from Old Dutch slōt →