Where does “splītan” come from?
splītan (Old Dutch) comes from Old Saxon splitan, from Proto-Germanic splītaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pley- — to split, splice.
Ancestry of “splītan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | splitan | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | splītaną | to split |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pley- | to split, splice |
Words derived from “splītan”