Where does “sluten” come from?

sluten (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch slūtan, from Proto-Germanic slūtaną.

sluten (Middle Dutch): to close, to shut; to close off; to lock up

Definitions

  1. to close, to shut; to close off; to lock up

Ancestry of “sluten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchslūtanto close, shut
2Proto-Germanicslūtaną—

Words derived from “sluten”

Every word from Proto-Germanic slūtaną →Every word from Old Dutch slūtan →