slack
English
/slæk/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
- (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English slak inherited from Old English slæc (slack) inherited from Proto-Germanic *slakaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*slakaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cyberslacker English
- forslack English
- handed English
- lage English
- line English
- nonslack English
- slack-handed English
- slack-handedness English
- slacken English
- slackener English
- slackenest English
- slackeneth English
- slacker English
- slackerdom English
- slackerish English
- slackerly English
- slackery English
- slackful English
- slackish English
- slackline English
- slackliner English
- slacklining English
- slackly English
- slackness English
- slackwire English
- wire English
- langueo Latin
- λαγαρός Ancient Greek
- *(s)leg- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)leh₁g- Proto-Indo-European
- *sleh₁g- Proto-Indo-European
- *slakaz Proto-Germanic
- slæc Old English
- लङ्ग Sanskrit
- slak Middle English
- slakenen Middle English
- lag Irish
- lagmheasartha Irish
- lagsprid Irish
- slakur Icelandic
- लँगड़ाना Hindi
- llac Welsh
- llacio Welsh
- lac Old Irish
- लंगडणे Marathi