noun, masculine/eslaˈbon/plural: eslabones
link (of a chain)
Related: eslabón más débil, eslabón perdido, eslabonar
Inherited from Old Spanish eslavón, esclavón. Probably from Gothic *𐍃𐌽𐍉𐌱𐍉 (*snōbō), from Proto-Indo-European *snēp-, a variant of *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, to weave”), related to Old High German snuoba, snuaba (“loop, link”), which is possibly cognate to pre-Classical Latin numella (“collar on the neck to impede movement”). Compare further at Proto-Slavic *snopъ (“bundle, sheaf”). Coromines and Pascual reject this etymology due to the Germanic term being attested in Old High German only, and bec