Re: Geschlecht (clan, lineage, nobility -) & O. Irish: slicht

>See also O. Irish: slicht
>
>Irish: sliocht, offspring, progeny, generation and/or
>descendants.
>
>Manx: sluight, & Scottish Gaelic: sliochd.
>
>Example depicted in a typical Irish wedding toast
>
>“ Sliocht sleachta ar shliocht bhur sleachta”
>
>Translation:
>
>(Blessings on your posterity). May there be a generation of
>children on the children of your children.

Indeed, it fits Old High German slaht. In modern German
only Geschlecht is a still quite popular, although somewhat
old-fashioned. Otherwise for offspring, progeny, descendants,
generation there are other words in use. On top of that,
Geschlecht has the 1st and common semantic: "sex"+"gender".

George