Where does “spalte” come from?

spalte (Danish) comes from German spalte, from Middle High German spalde, from Middle High German spalt, from Old High German spalt — crack, fissure.

spalte (Danish): crack; crevice; to split

Definitions

  1. crack; crevice; to split

Ancestry of “spalte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspalteinflection of spalten: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanspalde—
3Middle High Germanspalt—
4Old High Germanspaltcrack, fissure
Every word from Old High German spalt →Every word from Middle High German spalt →Every word from Middle High German spalde →
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