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

  1. To satisfy; To cool with water or another...

Ancestry of “slake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishslakento render slack, to slake
2Old Englishsleacian—
3Old Englishslæclazy
4Proto-Germanicslakazslack, lax
5Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₁g-weak, feeble; weak, faint

Words derived from “slake”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₁g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slakaz →Every word from Old English slæc →