Where does “slakeable” come from?

slakeable (English) comes from English slake, from Middle English slaken, from Old English sleacian, from Old English slæc, from Proto-Germanic slakaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₁g- — weak, feeble; weak, faint.

slakeable (English): Capable of being slaked

Definitions

  1. Capable of being slaked

Ancestry of “slakeable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishslakeTo satisfy; To cool with water or another...
2Middle Englishslakento render slack, to slake
3Old Englishsleacian—
4Old Englishslæclazy
5Proto-Germanicslakazslack, lax
6Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₁g-weak, feeble; weak, faint

Words derived from “slakeable”

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