Where does “Spalt” come from?

Spalt (German) comes from Middle High German spalt, from Old High German spalt — crack, fissure.

Spalt (German): crack; split, cleavage, fissure

Definitions

  1. crack; split, cleavage, fissure

Ancestry of “Spalt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspalt—
2Old High Germanspaltcrack, fissure

Words derived from “Spalt”

Every word from Old High German spalt →Every word from Middle High German spalt →