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
Ancestry of “sloot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | slote | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | slōt | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *slot | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | slutą | — |
Words derived from “sloot”