Where does “slag” come from?

Slag comes from Middle Low German slagge, derived from Middle Low German slān.

slag (English): waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms...

Definitions

  1. waste material from a coal mine; scum that forms...

Ancestry of “slag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanslagge—
2Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
3Old Saxonslāhanto hit
4Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
5Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Words derived from “slag”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slahan →
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