Where does “hjartaslag” come from?

hjartaslag (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic slag, from Old Norse slag, from Proto-Germanic slagiz, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

hjartaslag (Icelandic): heartbeat

Definitions

  1. heartbeat

Ancestry of “hjartaslag”, step by step

hjartaslag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic slag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IcelandicslagA beat, stroke, blow; A beat
2Old Norseslag—
3Proto-Germanicslagizblow, strike
4Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Icelandic hjarta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichjartaheart
2Old Norsehjartaheart
3Proto-Germanichertôheart
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic slagiz →