Where does “flintily” come from?
flintily (English) comes from English flinty, from English Flint, from Middle English flynt, from Old English flint, from Proto-West Germanic *flint, from Proto-Germanic flintaz, from Proto-Indo-European splind-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)plei- — to split, splice; to divide, split, splice.
flintily (English): In a flinty manner
Ancestry of “flintily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | flinty | Resembling or containing flint; Siliceous;... |
| 2 | English | Flint | — |
| 3 | Middle English | flynt | Any of a group of solid stones, especially... |
| 4 | Old English | flint | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *flint | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | flintaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | splind- | to split, cleave; split |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)plei- | to split, splice; to divide, split, splice |