Where does “slitten” come from?

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

slitten (English): past participle of slit

Definitions

  1. past participle of slit

Ancestry of “slitten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishslītanto slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to...
2Proto-West Germanicslītanto tear apart
3Proto-Germanicslītanąto tear apart
4Proto-Indo-Europeansleyd-—

Words derived from “slitten”

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