Where does “Glassplitter” come from?
Glassplitter (German) comes from German glas, from Old High German glas, from Proto-West Germanic glas, from Proto-Germanic glasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- — to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...
Glassplitter (German): glass shard, broken glass
Definitions
- glass shard, broken glass
Ancestry of “Glassplitter”, step by step
Glassplitter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German glas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | glas | glass |
| 2 | Old High German | glas | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | glas | glass |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | glasą | glass |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰel- | to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;... |
via German splitter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | splitter | inflection of splittern: ## first-person singular... |