The story
- Middle Dutch · derived fromaenslag
- English todayonslaught
From on- + slaught. Formed after Middle Dutch aenslag, aenslach, equivalent to aen + slag, although slaught corresponds to Middle Dutch slacht; slag is cognate with the English weaving term sley. Compare Dutch aanslag and German Anschlag.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.