slit

(Îngilîzî)

Pircarînî

C1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈslɪt/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”). Doublet of slite; also related to slice through French borrowing. Apparently unrelated to English slot, whose etymology, however, is uncertain.

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