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
Ancestry of “slitten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | slītan | to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | slītan | to tear apart |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | slītaną | to tear apart |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sleyd- | — |