The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)leh₃y-“bluish”
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*slaihǭ
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*slaihā
- Old English · inherited fromslā
- Middle English · inherited fromslo
- English todaysloe
From Middle English slo, sla, sloo, from Old English slā, slāh, from Proto-West Germanic *slaihā, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, *slaihwō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Doublet of Sliwa.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishslo all →
slough
Proto-Indo-European*(s)leh₃y- all →
lurgy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.