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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsplītanąto split
2Proto-Indo-European(s)pley-to split, splice

Words derived from “splitan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pley- →Every word from Proto-Germanic splītaną →