Where does “slaen” come from?

slaen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch slān, from Proto-West Germanic slahan, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

slaen (Middle Dutch): to hit, to strike

Definitions

  1. to hit, to strike

Ancestry of “slaen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchslānto hit, to beat
2Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
3Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
4Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Words derived from “slaen”

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