Etymograph

English

reslay

From re- + slay.

Formed from re- + slay

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *slak- ‘to hit, strike, throw’

Proto-Germanic *slahaną ‘to hit, strike’

Proto-West Germanic *slahan ‘to hit, to strike’

Old English slēan ‘to hit, punch, strike’

Middle English sleen ‘to cut’

English slay

Today it means

verb To slay again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “reslay”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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