| 1 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 3 | Old Saxon | slāhan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |