Where does “slītan” come from?

slītan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic slītan, from Proto-Germanic slītaną, from Proto-Indo-European sleyd-.

slītan (Old Dutch): to tear

Definitions

  1. to tear

Ancestry of “slītan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicslītanto tear apart
2Proto-Germanicslītanąto tear apart
3Proto-Indo-Europeansleyd-—

Words derived from “slītan”

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