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Where does “slæc” come from?

slæc (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic slakaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₁g- — weak, feeble; weak, faint.

slæc (Old English): lazy

Definitions

  1. lazy

Ancestry of “slæc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslakazslack, lax
2Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₁g-weak, feeble; weak, faint

Words derived from “slæc”

  • slack
  • slackness
  • slacker
  • slackly
  • slackerdom
  • slackwire
  • slackline
  • nonslack
  • slackerly
  • slacklining
  • slack-handed
  • slackliner
  • slack-handedness
  • cyberslacker
  • forslack
  • slackerish
  • slackline
  • slak
  • llac
  • llacio
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