Where does “slīȥan” come from?

slīȥan (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic slītaną, from Proto-Indo-European sleyd-.

slīȥan (Old High German): to tear, to split, to peel

Definitions

  1. to tear, to split, to peel

Ancestry of “slīȥan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslītanąto tear apart
2Proto-Indo-Europeansleyd-—

Words derived from “slīȥan”

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