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