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Where does “slitan” come from?

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

slitan (Old English): to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to...

Definitions

  1. to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to...

Ancestry of “slitan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “slitan”

  • slit
  • slitted
  • slitlike
  • slitter
  • slitty
  • slitless
  • unslit
  • arrowslit
  • slite
  • eyeslit
  • slotten
  • preslit
  • slitlet
  • slitshell
  • slitmask
  • nanoslit
  • unslitted
  • piss slit
  • sliten
  • toslitan
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