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Where does “toslitan” come from?

toslitan (Old English) comes from Old English tō, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

toslitan (Old English): to tear apart, rip up, lacerate

Definitions

  1. to tear apart, rip up, lacerate

Ancestry of “toslitan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtōat, on; furthermore, also, besides; to, into
2Proto-West Germanic*tō—
3Proto-Germanictōto
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
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