Where does “geslacht” come from?

geslacht (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch geslachte, from Middle Dutch slachte, from Old Dutch slahta, from Proto-Germanic slahtō, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

geslacht (Dutch): sex; gender; grammatical gender

Definitions

  1. sex; gender; grammatical gender

Ancestry of “geslacht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgeslachte—
2Middle Dutchslachte—
3Old Dutchslahta—
4Proto-Germanicslahtō—
5Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Words derived from “geslacht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →