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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

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

Words derived from “slecken”

  • sleck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →