Where does “sleggja” come from?

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

sleggja (Old Norse): sledgehammer

Definitions

  1. sledgehammer

Ancestry of “sleggja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslagjǭsledge; mallet; hammer
2Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Words derived from “sleggja”

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