Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “sclise” come from?

sclise (Middle English) comes from Old French esclice, from Old French esclicer, from Frankish slitjan, from Proto-Germanic slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic slītaną, from Proto-Indo-European sleyd-.

Ancestry of “sclise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchesclice—
2Old Frenchesclicerto shatter, split, cleave
3Frankishslitjanto split up
4Proto-Germanicslitjaną—
5Proto-Germanicslītanąto tear apart
6Proto-Indo-Europeansleyd-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleyd- →