Where does “šljahta” come from?
šljahta (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Polish szlachta, 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,...
Ancestry of “šljahta”, step by step