Where does “feldspar” come from?

Feldspar is a compound of German Feld, from Old High German feld, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂-, meaning an open area of land.

feldspar (English): Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals...

Definitions

  1. Any of a large group of rock-forming minerals...

Ancestry of “feldspar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfeldspatfeldspar
2Germanspätlate
3Middle High Germanspǣte
4Old High Germanspāti
5Proto-West Germanic*spādīlate
6Proto-Germanicspēdizlate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-tí-s
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

Words derived from “feldspar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-
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