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Where does “Gletscherspalte” come from?

Gletscherspalte (German) comes from German Gletscher, from Alemannic German Gletscher, from Romansch glatscher, from Latin glaciarium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

Gletscherspalte (German): crevasse

Definitions

  1. crevasse

Ancestry of “Gletscherspalte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGletscherglacier
2Alemannic GermanGletscherglacier
3Romanschglatscher—
4Latinglaciariumglacier
5Latin-ārium—
6Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
7Proto-Italic*-om—
8Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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