Where does “sleaht” come from?

sleaht (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic slahtō, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Ancestry of “sleaht”, step by step

sleaht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic slahtō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslahtō—
2Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
3Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via Proto-Germanic slahtiz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslahtizbeating, hitting, killing, murder
2Proto-Indo-Europeanslek-to beat, pound

Words derived from “sleaht”

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