Where does “slotten” come from?

slotten (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-.

slotten (English): Divided

Definitions

  1. Divided

Ancestry of “slotten”, 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-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slītaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slītan →