Where does “slitan” come from?

slitan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic *slītan, from Proto-Indo-European skleyd-.

slitan (Old Saxon): to tear, to rend

Definitions

  1. to tear, to rend

Ancestry of “slitan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*slītan—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskleyd-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skleyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *slītan →