slit
English
/ˈslɪt/
noun
Definitions
- A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
- (vulgar) The opening of the vagina.
- (vulgar) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English slītan (shiver, split up, tear, cleave, slit, divide, rend to pieces, rend, split) inherited from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (tear apart, split, cut up, tear) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (split apart, rendVerb, rend, tear).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)leyd-
Gloss
split apart, rendVerb, rend, tear
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泪, 涙
Emoji
🤣 💧 😂 😢 😭 😹 😿 🥲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arrow English
- arrow slit English
- arrowslit English
- eye English
- eyeslit English
- mask English
- nanoslit English
- piss English
- piss slit English
- preslit English
- shell English
- slitless English
- slitlet English
- slitlike English
- slitmask English
- slitshell English
- slitted English
- slitter English
- slitty English
- slitwidth English
- unslit English
- unslitted English
- width English
- collido Latin
- laedo Latin
- oblido Latin
- *(s)leyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European
- *deh₂y-dʰeh₁-e/o- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *skleyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *slaid- Proto-Indo-European
- *slaid-, *sled- Proto-Indo-European
- *slaitijaną Proto-Germanic
- *slitjaną Proto-Germanic
- *slītaną Proto-Germanic
- slitan Old English
- slītan Old English
- toslitan Old English
- sliten Middle English
- slíta Old Norse
- slide Danish
- slīzan Old High German
- schläissen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *slītan gmw-pro
- slitan Old Saxon
- *slītan Frankish