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Where does “slagh” come from?

slagh (Middle English) comes from Old English slāh, from Proto-Germanic slaihwō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- — blueish.

Ancestry of “slagh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishslāh—
2Proto-Germanicslaihwō—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₃y-blueish

Words derived from “slagh”

  • sloe
  • sloelike
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