Where does “Schlacke” come from?

Schlacke (German) comes from Middle Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slān, from Old Saxon slāhan, from Proto-West Germanic slahan, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Schlacke (German): slag, dross, scoria; cinders, clinker; sediment,...

Definitions

  1. slag, dross, scoria; cinders, clinker; sediment,...

Ancestry of “Schlacke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanslagge—
2Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
3Old Saxonslāhanto hit
4Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
5Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Words derived from “Schlacke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slahan →