Where does “[[ślachta]], [[ślechta]]” come from?

[[ślachta]], [[ślechta]] (Old Polish) comes from Middle High German slahte, from Old High German slahta, from Proto-Germanic slahtō, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Ancestry of “[[ślachta]], [[ślechta]]”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanslahtegenus, kind, species, race
2Old High Germanslahta—
3Proto-Germanicslahtō—
4Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Words derived from “[[ślachta]], [[ślechta]]”

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