Proto-Germanic

*slītaną

‘to tear apart’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *slītaną.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *slītaną, most familiar first.

• slice ← sclise ← esclice ← *slitjan ← *slitjaną
• slit ← slitten ← slītan
• slat ← slatte ← esclat ← esclater ← *slaitijan
• eclat ← éclater ← esclater ← esclater ← *slaitan
• éclat ← éclater ← esclater ← skleizan
• eclatant ← éclater ← esclater ← skleizan
• slite ← sliten ← slītan ← *slītan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *slītaną