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

splītan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon splitan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonsplitan—
2Proto-Germanicsplītanąto split
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pley-to split, splice

via Proto-West Germanic splītan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsplītanto split

Words derived from “splītan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pley- →Every word from Proto-Germanic splītaną →Every word from Old Saxon splitan →