Where does “slak” come from?
slak (Swedish) comes from English slaker, from English slake, from Middle English slaken, from Old English sleacian, from Old English slæc, from Proto-Germanic slakaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₁g- — weak, feeble; weak, faint.
slak (Swedish): slack, not taut (of something that can be taut, like a rope or sail or hanging flag)
Definitions
- slack, not taut (of something that can be taut, like a rope or sail or hanging flag)
Ancestry of “slak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | slaker | A machine that slakes, or mixes a substance with... |
| 2 | English | slake | To satisfy; To cool with water or another... |
| 3 | Middle English | slaken | to render slack, to slake |
| 4 | Old English | sleacian | — |
| 5 | Old English | slæc | lazy |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | slakaz | slack, lax |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)leh₁g- | weak, feeble; weak, faint |