Where does “totschlagen” come from?
totschlagen (German) comes from German schlagen, from Middle High German slahen, from Old High German slahan, from Proto-West Germanic slahan, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
totschlagen (German): to beat to death
Definitions
- to beat to death
Ancestry of “totschlagen”, step by step
totschlagen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German schlagen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schlagen | to beat; to hit; to knock; to strike; to punch;... |
| 2 | Middle High German | slahen | to strike |
| 3 | Old High German | slahan | to hit |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |