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Where does “splint” come from?

Splint comes from Middle English splent, derived from Middle Dutch splinte, of uncertain origin and meaning.

splint (English): A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a...

Definitions

  1. A narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a...

Ancestry of “splint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsplint—
2Middle Low Germansplinte—
3Proto-Germanic*splintǭ—

Words derived from “splint”

  • splintwork
  • splintlike
  • shinsplint
Every word from Proto-Germanic *splintǭ →