Where does “slam” come from?

slam (Swedish) comes from English slam, from Middle English slammen.

slam (Swedish): silt, sludge, slurry

Definitions

  1. silt, sludge, slurry

Ancestry of “slam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishslamTo shut with sudden force so as to produce a...
2Middle Englishslammen—

Words derived from “slam”

Every word from Middle English slammen →Every word from English slam →
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