English

anslaight

Anslaight may come from Middle English sleight.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

Formed from on- + slaught

Proto-Indo-European *ano-

Proto-Germanic *an-

Proto-West Germanic *ana- ‘Forming verbs and adjectives from participles…’

English on-

Proto-Indo-European *slek- ‘to beat, pound’

Proto-Germanic *slahtō

Old English sliht

Middle English slaught

Every English word from Middle English sleight

noun —

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.