English

eyeslit

From eye + slit.

A compound of eye + slit

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- ‘to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart’

Proto-Germanic *slītaną ‘to tear apart’

Old English slītan ‘to tear, rend’

Middle English slitten

English slit

Today it means

noun A slit for looking through, as in a castle wall or a helmet.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.