Where does “slaughter” come from?
slaughter (Middle English) comes from Old Norse slahtr, from Proto-Germanic slahtrą, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
Ancestry of “slaughter”, step by step
Words derived from “slaughter”
- slaughter
- slaughtering
- slaughterhouse
- slaughterer
- slaughterous
- slaughterman
- preslaughter
- selfslaughter
- manslaughtering
- manslaughterer
- slaughterable
- slaughterhall
- slaughterously
- slaughterperson
- slaughterdom
- slaughterless
- antislaughter
- catslaughter
- deerslaughter
- godslaughter
- slaughterwoman
- slaughteress
- self-slaughter
- misslaughter