Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slītaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Of unknown origin.^[1] Has been taken to be from the same root as Proto-Germanic *skalō (“shell, husk”),^[2] though the lack of a *-k- in the word's proto-form makes this suspect. Others take the word from a Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “proposed cognates under this theory?”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsliː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*slītaną^[1]

to tear apart

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*slītō	*slītaų	—	*slītai	?
2nd singular	*slītizi	*slītaiz	*slīt	*slītazai	*slītaizau
3rd singular	*slītidi	*slītai	*slītadau	*slītadai	*slītaidau
1st dual	*slītōz	*slītaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*slītadiz	*slītaidiz	*slītadiz	—	—
1st plural	*slītamaz	*slītaim	—	*slītandai	*slītaindau
2nd plural	*slītid	*slītaid	*slītid	*slītandai	*slītaindau
3rd plural	*slītandi	*slītain	*slītandau	*slītandai	*slītaindau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*slait	*slitį̄
2nd singular	*slaist	*slitīz
3rd singular	*slait	*slitī
1st dual	*slitū	*slitīw
2nd dual	*slitudiz	*slitīdiz
1st plural	*slitum	*slitīm
2nd plural	*slitud	*slitīd
3rd plural	*slitun	*slitīn

	present	past
participles	*slītandz	*slitanaz

Derived terms

*slitjaną
*slaitijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *slītan
- Old English: slītan
  - Middle English: sliten
    - English: slit, slite
    - Scots: slite, slyte
- Old Frisian: slīta
  - North Frisian: slitten
  - Saterland Frisian: sliete
  - West Frisian: slite
- Old Saxon: slītan
  - Middle Low German: slîten
    - German Low German: slieten
- Old Dutch: *slītan
  - Middle Dutch: sliten
    - Dutch: slijten
      - Afrikaans: slyt
    - Limburgish: sliete
- Old High German: slīzan
  - Middle High German: slīzen
    - German: schleißen
    - Luxembourgish: schläissen
- → Old French: esclicer [1080 CE] (see there for further descendants)
Old Norse: slíta
- Icelandic: slíta
- Faroese: slíta
- Norwegian Bokmål: slite
- Norwegian Nynorsk: slita, slite
- Old Swedish: slīta
  - Swedish: slita
- Old Danish: slitæ
  - Danish: slide

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 351
^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “verschleißen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 351

[2] Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “verschleißen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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