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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₁g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slakaz →