Where does “slake” come from?
Slake comes from Middle English slaken, from Old English sleac, from Proto-Germanic slakaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti.
slake (English): To satisfy; To cool with water or another...
Definitions
- To satisfy; To cool with water or another...
Ancestry of “slake”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | slaken | to render slack, to slake |
| 2 | Old English | sleacian | — |
| 3 | Old English | slæc | lazy |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | slakaz | slack, lax |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)leh₁g- | weak, feeble; weak, faint |
Words derived from “slake”