Where does “slat” come from?
Slat comes from Old French esclat, from Frankish slaitan, from Proto-Germanic slaitijaną and slītaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European slaid- and (s)kel-, roots meaning to split or break.
slat (English): A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; A...
Definitions
- A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; A...
Ancestry of “slat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sclatten | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | slétta | to even out |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | slihtijaną | to smoothe, to even out |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |