släkt

Swedish

/slɛkt/

noun

Definitions

kinship, relatives

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish slækt derived from Middle Low German slecht (lineage, family) derived from Proto-Germanic *slahtō.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*slahtō

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

schiatta Italian
*slek- Proto-Indo-European
*slahaną Proto-Germanic
*slahtō Proto-Germanic
adel Swedish
adelssläkt Swedish
besläktad Swedish
släkting Swedish
slæht Old English
slægt Danish
gislahti Old High German
slekt Faroese
slahta Old Dutch
slecht Middle Low German
slækt Old Swedish