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
- to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to...
Ancestry of “slitan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | slītan | to tear apart |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | slītaną | to tear apart |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sleyd- | — |
Words derived from “slitan”