Where does “sloot” come from?

sloot (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch slōt, from Proto-West Germanic *slot, from Proto-Germanic slutą.

Ancestry of “sloot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchslōtlock, bolt
2Proto-West Germanic*slotbar, bolt
3Proto-Germanicslutą—

Words derived from “sloot”

Every word from Proto-Germanic slutą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *slot →Every word from Old Dutch slōt →