Where does “esclicer” come from?

esclicer (Old French) comes from Frankish slitjan, from Proto-Germanic slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic slītaną, from Proto-Indo-European sleyd-.

esclicer (Old French): to shatter, split, cleave

Definitions

  1. to shatter, split, cleave

Ancestry of “esclicer”, step by step

esclicer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish slitjan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishslitjanto split up
2Proto-Germanicslitjaną—
3Proto-Germanicslītanąto tear apart
4Proto-Indo-Europeansleyd-—

via Frankish slītan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishslītanto tear, rend; to tear apart

Words derived from “esclicer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sleyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slītaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic slitjaną →