slite
English
/slaɪt/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To slit; tear or rip up.
- (transitive) To wear away (clothes).
Etymology
Derived from Middle English sliten derived from Old English slītan (shiver, split up, tear, cleave, slit, divide, rend to pieces, rend, split) derived from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (tear apart, split, cut up, tear) derived from Proto-Indo-European *skleyd-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*skleyd-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- slit English
- schleißen German
- slijtage Dutch, Flemish
- slijten Dutch, Flemish
- slijter Dutch, Flemish
- slijterij Dutch, Flemish
- slijtplek Dutch, Flemish
- verslijten Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)leyd- 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
- slita Swedish
- slitvarg Swedish
- slitan Old English
- slītan Old English
- toslitan Old English
- sliten Middle English
- slíta Old Norse
- sliten Middle Dutch
- slīzan Old High German
- slīzen Middle High German
- *slītan gmw-pro
- slitan Old Saxon
- slīta, slita Old Swedish
- *slītan Frankish