French éclisse

← German Schlitz (cognate)

← English slice (cognate)

← English slit (cognate)

← Old French esclice (inherited)

← Old French esclis (mention)

← Old French esclicer (mention)

← Old French esclicier (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *slitjaną (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *slītaną (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (derived)