Where does “slak” come from?

slak (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse slakr, from Proto-Germanic slakaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₁g- — weak, feeble; weak, faint.

slak (Norwegian Bokmål): slack; gentle; loose

Definitions

  1. slack; gentle; loose

Ancestry of “slak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseslakrslack, lax; not tense, not firmly extended;...
2Proto-Germanicslakazslack, lax
3Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₁g-weak, feeble; weak, faint
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₁g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slakaz →Every word from Old Norse slakr →