Where does “slug” come from?
Slug comes from Proto-Germanic slagiz, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak-.
slug (English): Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod...
Definitions
- Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod...
Ancestry of “slug”, step by step
slug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English slugge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | slugge | lazy person |
| 2 | Old English | *sliċ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *sliki | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *slikiz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sleyǵ- | to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to... |
via Proto-Germanic slagiz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | slagiz | blow, strike |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
Words derived from “slug”