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Where does “slēha” come from?

slēha (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic slaihǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- — blueish.

Ancestry of “slēha”, step by step

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

Words derived from “slēha”

  • Schléif
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