Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slagjǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit; strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɑɣ.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*slagjǭ f

1. sledge; mallet; hammer

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *slagjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*slagjǭ	*slagjōniz
vocative	*slagjǭ	*slagjōniz
accusative	*slagjōnų	*slagjōnunz
genitive	*slagjōniz	*slagjōnǫ̂
dative	*slagjōni	*slagjōmaz
instrumental	*slagjōnē	*slagjōmiz

Synonyms

• *slagjō

Related terms

• *slagilaz
• *slahaną

Descendants

• Old English: sleċġ (< *slagjō); sleġel (< *slagilaz)
  • Middle English: slegge
    • Scots: sleg, sledge
    • English: sledge
• Old Frisian: *slegel (< *slagilaz)
  • Saterland Frisian: Släägel
• Old Saxon: *slaggia, *slaggea; *slegil (< *slagilaz)
  • Middle Low German: slage, slagen; slēgel
• Old Dutch: *slegga
  • Middle Dutch: slegge
    • Dutch: slegge, sleg; slagel, slegel
• Old High German: slegil (< *slagilaz)
  • Middle High German: slegel
    • German: Schlegel, Schlägel
    • Luxembourgish: Schléiel
• Old Norse: sleggja
  • Icelandic: sleggja
  • Norwegian: sleggje; slegge
  • Old Swedish: slæggia
    • Swedish: slägga
      • → Finnish: leka
  • Danish: slægge