Where does “slá” come from?

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

slá (Old Norse): to hit, beat, strike; to strike, pluck

Definitions

  1. to hit, beat, strike; to strike, pluck

Ancestry of “slá”, step by step

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

Words derived from “slá”

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