slå
Norwegian
verb
Definitions
- to beat, punch, hit, strike
- (nautical) to tack (to turn a vessel onto the other tack; come about)
- slå sammen - to amalgamate
- to cut, mow, reap grass, hay, grain
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse slá (strike, beat, hit, bar, bolt, smite, crossbeam, rail) inherited from Proto-Germanic *slahaną (strike, kill, hit, fight, beat) derived from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (throw, hit, strike).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*slak-
Gloss
throw, hit, strike
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Schlucht German
- slagen German
- *slak- Proto-Indo-European
- anslå Norwegian Bokmål
- av Norwegian Bokmål
- avslå Norwegian Bokmål
- beslå Norwegian Bokmål
- dør Norwegian Bokmål
- dørslå Norwegian Bokmål
- fast Norwegian Bokmål
- fastslå Norwegian Bokmål
- gullbeslått Norwegian Bokmål
- hard Norwegian Bokmål
- hardt Norwegian Bokmål
- hardtslående Norwegian Bokmål
- nb Norwegian Bokmål
- skam Norwegian Bokmål
- skamslå Norwegian Bokmål
- slagen Norwegian Bokmål
- slående Norwegian Bokmål
- stor Norwegian Bokmål
- storslagen Norwegian Bokmål
- uslåelig Norwegian Bokmål
- *slahaną Proto-Germanic
- *slahtrą Proto-Germanic
- *slahtō Proto-Germanic
- *slahō Proto-Germanic
- *slōgiz Proto-Germanic
- slå Norwegian Nynorsk
- slean Old English
- slá Old Norse
- slå Danish
- slá Icelandic
- slahan Old High German
- slahen Old High German
- sláa Faroese
- 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *slahan gmw-pro
- slan Old Dutch
- slān Old Dutch
- beslân Middle Low German
- slahan Old Saxon
- slāhan Old Saxon
- sla Old Swedish
- sla, slā Old Swedish
- ṣlô Westrobothnian
- anslan Low German