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Where does “slaihwō” come from?

slaihwō (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₃y- — blueish.

Ancestry of “slaihwō”, step by step

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

Words derived from “slaihwō”

  • sloe
  • sloelike
  • slagh
  • sla
  • slo
  • slāh
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