English
slitwise
From slit + -wise.
Formed from slit + -wise
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
adv By means of, or in the manner of, a slit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / slitwise