Where does “slot” come from?

slot (Middle English) comes from Old French esclot, from Old Norse slóð, from Proto-Germanic slōdō.

Ancestry of “slot”, step by step

slot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French esclot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchesclot—
2Old Norseslóðtrail, track
3Proto-Germanicslōdō—

via Middle Low German slot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanslotbolt, lock, castle
2Proto-West Germanic*slotbar, bolt
3Proto-Germanicslutą—

Words derived from “slot”

Every word from Proto-Germanic slōdō →Every word from Old Norse slóð →Every word from Old French esclot →