Where does “splitan” come from?
splitan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic splītaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pley- — to split, splice.
Ancestry of “splitan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | splītaną | to split |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pley- | to split, splice |
Words derived from “splitan”