Where does “slachten” come from?

slachten (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch slahton, from Proto-Germanic slahtōną.

slachten (Middle Dutch): to slaughter, to kill; to resemble, to look like

Definitions

  1. to slaughter, to kill; to resemble, to look like

Ancestry of “slachten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchslahton—
2Proto-Germanicslahtōną—

Words derived from “slachten”

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