Where does “-sla” come from?

-sla (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse -sla, from Proto-Germanic -slą, from Proto-Indo-European -slom.

-sla (Icelandic): suffix that makes nouns from verbs, usually...

Definitions

  1. suffix that makes nouns from verbs, usually...

Ancestry of “-sla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-slaact of
2Proto-Germanic-sląDerives nouns from verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-slom—

Words derived from “-sla”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -slom →Every word from Old Norse -sla →Every word from Proto-Germanic -slą →