Where does “slāh” come from?

slāh (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic slaihwō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- — blueish.

slāh (Old English): sloe

Definitions

  1. sloe

Ancestry of “slāh”, step by step

slāh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic slaihwō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslaihwō—
2Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₃y-blueish

via Proto-Germanic slaihǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslaihǭsloe

Words derived from “slāh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slaihwō →