Where does “slita” come from?
slita (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse slíta, from Proto-Germanic slītaną, from Proto-Indo-European sleyd-.
Ancestry of “slita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | slíta | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | slītaną | to tear apart |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sleyd- | — |