Where does “slijter” come from?

slijter (Dutch) comes from Dutch slijten, from Middle Dutch sliten, from Old Dutch slītan, from Proto-West Germanic slītan, from Proto-Germanic slītaną, from Proto-Indo-European sleyd-.

slijter (Dutch): a liquor store owner

Definitions

  1. a liquor store owner

Ancestry of “slijter”, step by step

slijter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch slijten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchslijtento tear; to wear down; to sell
2Middle Dutchslitento wear, to erode, to deteriorate with use; to...
3Old Dutchslītanto tear
4Proto-West Germanicslītanto tear apart
5Proto-Germanicslītanąto tear apart
6Proto-Indo-Europeansleyd-—

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slītaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slītan →