Where does “slitted” come from?

slitted (English) comes from English slit, from English slitten, from Old English slītan, from Proto-West Germanic slītan, from Proto-Germanic slītaną, from Proto-Indo-European sleyd-.

slitted (English): Having a slit or slits

Definitions

  1. Having a slit or slits

Ancestry of “slitted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishslitA narrow cut or opening; a slot; The opening of...
2Englishslittenpast participle of slit
3Old Englishslītanto slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to...
4Proto-West Germanicslītanto tear apart
5Proto-Germanicslītanąto tear apart
6Proto-Indo-Europeansleyd-—

Words derived from “slitted”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slītaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slītan →