Where does “slaught” come from?

slaught (Middle English) comes from Old English slæht, from Proto-Germanic slahtō, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Ancestry of “slaught”, step by step

slaught traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English slæht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishslæht—
2Proto-Germanicslahtō—
3Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
4Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Old English sleht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsleht—

via Old English slieht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsliehtstroke, slaying; a stroke, a striking, a flash of...

Words derived from “slaught”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahtō →