Where does “Lahti” come from?

Lahti (Finnish) comes from Finnish lahdata, from Swedish slakta, from Middle Low German slachten, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Lahti (Finnish): a city in southern Finland

Definitions

  1. a city in southern Finland

Ancestry of “Lahti”, step by step

Lahti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lahdata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlahdataTo slaughter
2Swedishslaktato slaughter, to butcher
3Middle Low Germanslachten—
4Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Proto-Finnic lakci

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finniclakcibay, gulf
2Proto-Finniclakti—
3Proto-Balto-Slaviclankti-—

Words derived from “Lahti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Middle Low German slachten →