Where does “sloot” come from?

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

sloot (Dutch): ditch, trench

Definitions

  1. ditch, trench

Ancestry of “sloot”, step by step

sloot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch slote

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchslote—
2Old Dutchslōtlock, bolt
3Proto-West Germanic*slotbar, bolt
4Proto-Germanicslutą—

via Middle Dutch sloot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsloot—

Words derived from “sloot”

Every word from Proto-Germanic slutą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *slot →Every word from Old Dutch slōt →