Where does “nonflint” come from?
nonflint (English) comes 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.
nonflint (English): Not flint
Ancestry of “nonflint”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Flint | — |
| 2 | Middle English | flynt | Any of a group of solid stones, especially... |
| 3 | Old English | flint | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *flint | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flintaz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | splind- | to split, cleave; split |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)plei- | to split, splice; to divide, split, splice |