Where does “slān” come from?

slān (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon slāhan, from Proto-West Germanic slahan, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

slān (Middle Low German): to hit, strike

Definitions

  1. to hit, strike

Ancestry of “slān”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonslāhanto hit
2Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
3Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
4Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Words derived from “slān”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slahan →