Where does “szlachta” come from?

szlachta (Polish) comes from Old Polish [[ślachta]], [[ślechta]], 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,...

szlachta (Polish): nobility

Definitions

  1. nobility

Ancestry of “szlachta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polish[[ślachta]], [[ślechta]]—
2Middle High Germanslahtegenus, kind, species, race
3Old High Germanslahta—
4Proto-Germanicslahtō—
5Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Words derived from “szlachta”

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