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Where does “slītan” come from?

slītan (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic slītaną, from Proto-Indo-European sleyd-.

slītan (Frankish): to tear, rend; to tear apart

Definitions

  1. to tear, rend; to tear apart

Ancestry of “slītan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslītanąto tear apart
2Proto-Indo-Europeansleyd-—

Words derived from “slītan”

  • slice
  • eclat
  • slicer
  • multislice
  • éclat
  • interslice
  • sliceable
  • subslice
  • reslice
  • hyperslice
  • microslicer
  • preslice
  • superslice
  • minislice
  • vibroslice
  • sliceth
  • home slice
  • slicer
  • éclat
  • éclater
  • slice
  • Eklat
  • slice
  • esclice
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