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Where does “slags” come from?

slags (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk slag, from Old Norse slag, from Proto-Germanic slagiz, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

slags (Norwegian Nynorsk): ei / ein / eit slags ... - a kind / sort / type /...

Definitions

  1. ei / ein / eit slags ... - a kind / sort / type /...

Ancestry of “slags”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian NynorskslagA blow, a strike, a punch; A battle; a stroke
2Old Norseslag—
3Proto-Germanicslagizblow, strike
4Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
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