Where does “slaan” come from?

slaan (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch slaen, from Old Dutch slān, from Proto-West Germanic slahan, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

slaan (Dutch): to hit, to slap; to beat, overcome; to strike

Definitions

  1. to hit, to slap; to beat, overcome; to strike

Ancestry of “slaan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchslaento hit, to strike
2Old Dutchslānto hit, to beat
3Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
4Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Words derived from “slaan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →