Where does “שלאָגן” come from?

שלאָגן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German slahen, from Old High German slahan, from Proto-West Germanic slahan, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

שלאָגן (Yiddish): to knock, to strike, to hit, to beat

Definitions

to knock, to strike, to hit, to beat

Ancestry of “שלאָגן”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle High German	slahen	to strike
2	Old High German	slahan	to hit
3	Proto-West Germanic	slahan	to hit, to strike; to kill
4	Proto-Germanic	slahaną	to hit, to strike; to kill
5	Proto-Indo-European	slak-	to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Words derived from “שלאָגן”

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Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slahaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slahan →