Where does “slekt” come from?

slekt (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German slecht, from Proto-Germanic slahtō, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

slekt (Norwegian Nynorsk): a family; a genus

Definitions

  1. a family; a genus

Ancestry of “slekt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanslechtfamily, lineage
2Proto-Germanicslahtō—
3Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
4Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Words derived from “slekt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahtō →