splissen

== German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === splissen inflection of spleißen: first/third-person plural preterite first/third-person plural subjunctive II == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German *splissen. Cognate with Middle Dutch splissen, Saterland Frisian splisje. From the root of Proto-Germanic *splītaną, whence also Low German splitten and splieten. The -ss- is of uncertain origin; if very old, it may be from Pre-Germanic *-d-t-. Both in Dutch and Low German, a compromise form splitsen, splitzen was later built, whence Danish splidse, Swedish splitsa (but also older splissa). === Verb === splissen (past spliss, past participle splisst, auxiliary verb hebben) to split ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== splieten splitten klöven === References ===