Where does “slut” come from?
slut (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German slūt, from Middle Low German slūten, from Old Saxon slūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *sleutan, from Proto-Germanic sleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)klewd-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kleh₂w-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel- — to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
slut (Swedish): over, finished; which has come to an end; gone,...
Definitions
- over, finished; which has come to an end; gone,...
Ancestry of “slut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | slūt | end; conclusion |
| 2 | Middle Low German | slūten | to close |
| 3 | Old Saxon | slūtan | to close, conclude, lock |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sleutan | to bolt, lock |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sleutaną | to bolt, lock; to shut, close |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)klewd- | to lock |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kleh₂w- | a hook, crook, peg |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |