Where does “unslitted” come from?
unslitted (English) comes from English slitted, from English slit, from English slitten, from Old English slītan, from Proto-West Germanic slītan, from Proto-Germanic slītaną, from Proto-Indo-European sleyd-.
unslitted (English): Not slitted
Ancestry of “unslitted”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | slitted | Having a slit or slits |
| 2 | English | slit | A narrow cut or opening; a slot; The opening of... |
| 3 | English | slitten | past participle of slit |
| 4 | Old English | slītan | to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | slītan | to tear apart |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | slītaną | to tear apart |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sleyd- | — |