slå

Norwegian Nynorsk

/sloː/

verb
Definitions
  • to beat, punch, hit
  • to tack (to turn a vessel onto the other tack; come about)
  • 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

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