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

Gletscherspalte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gletscher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGletscherglacier
2Alemannic GermanGletscherglacier
3Romanschglatscher
4Latinglaciariumglacier
5Latin-āriumused primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end
6Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
7Proto-Italic*-om
8Proto-Indo-European*-oHom

via German spalte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspalteinflection of spalten: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanspalde
3Middle High Germanspalt
4Old High Germanspaltcrack, fissure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHomEvery word from Latin -āriumEvery word from Latin -um
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