Where does “slecken” come from?

slecken (Middle English) comes from Old Dutch slikkon, from Proto-Germanic slikkōną, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.

Ancestry of “slecken”, step by step

slecken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch slikkon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchslikkon—
2Proto-Germanicslikkōną—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick

via Old Norse slekkja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseslekkja—
2Proto-Germanicslakjaną—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)lēg-to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

Words derived from “slecken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slikkōną →Every word from Old Dutch slikkon →