Where does “srakti” come from?

srakti (Sranan Tongo) comes from Dutch slachten, from Middle Dutch slachten, from Old Dutch slahton, from Proto-Germanic slahtōną.

srakti (Sranan Tongo): to slaughter, to butcher

Definitions

  1. to slaughter, to butcher

Ancestry of “srakti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchslachtento slaughter
2Middle Dutchslachtento slaughter, to kill; to resemble, to look like
3Old Dutchslahton—
4Proto-Germanicslahtōną—
Every word from Proto-Germanic slahtōną →