Aslake Definition

Origin of Aslake

• From Middle English aslaken, from Old English āslacian (“to become slack, decline, diminish, grow tired, make slack, loosen, relax, dissolve”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + *slakōną (“to become useless, weak, or slow”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg- (“soft, weak”), equivalent to a- +‎ slake. Cognate with Dutch slaken (“to heave”), Swedish sloka (“to wilt, droop”), Danish slukke (“to quench, allay, slake”). More at slake.

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