slaught:

From Middle English slaught, slagt, sla?t, from Old English sl?ht, sleaht, sleht, slieht ?(“a stroke, a striking, a flash of lightning, slaughter, murder, death by violence, the deadly stroke of disease, battle, what is to be killed, animals for slaughter”), from Proto-Germanic *slahtō, *slahtiz ?(“beating, hitting, killing, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *slak- ?(“to beat, pound”). Cognate with Dutch slacht ?(“slaughter”), German Schlacht ?(“killing, battle”), Swedish slakt ?(“slaughter”), Icelandic slátta ?(“slaughter”). Related to slay.