Where does “slott” come from?
slott (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German slot, from Proto-West Germanic *slot, from Proto-Germanic slutą.
slott (Norwegian Bokmål): a palace
Ancestry of “slott”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | slot | bolt, lock, castle |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *slot | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | slutą | — |