Where does “slīzen” come from?

slīzen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German slīzan, from Proto-West Germanic slītan, from Proto-Germanic slītaną, from Proto-Indo-European sleyd-.

Ancestry of “slīzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanslīzanto tear
2Proto-West Germanicslītanto tear apart
3Proto-Germanicslītanąto tear apart
4Proto-Indo-Europeansleyd-—

Words derived from “slīzen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slītaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slītan →