Etymograph

English

sliverer

From sliver + -er.

Formed from sliver + -er

Proto-West Germanic *slīban ‘to split, divide’

Old English slīfan ‘to cut, slip, or slice off’

Middle English sliven ‘to cut, cleave, split’

Middle English slivere

English sliver

Today it means

noun One who cuts material into slivers.

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

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