Etymograph

English

manslaught

Manslaught comes from Old English mansliht ‘murder’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *manaslahti.

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*manaslahtireconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150mansliht‘murder’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500manslagt
  4. Englishtodaymanslaught

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*manaslahtireconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150mansliht‘murder’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500manslagt
  4. Englishtodaymanslaught

A compound of man + slaught

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

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

Proto-Germanic *slahtō

Old English sliht

Middle English slaught

English slaught

Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *manaslahti

Today it means

noun Manslaughter.

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

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *manaslahti / manslaught

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