Where does “Szlachta” come from?
Szlachta (English) comes from Polish szlachta, from Old Polish [[ślachta]], [[ślechta]], from Middle High German slahte, from Old High German slahta, from Proto-Germanic slahtō, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
Ancestry of “Szlachta”, step by step