Where does “Spalte” come from?

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

Spalte (German): fissure, cleft, crevice, crack, crevasse; column;...

Definitions

  1. fissure, cleft, crevice, crack, crevasse; column;...

Ancestry of “Spalte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspalde—
2Middle High Germanspalt—
3Old High Germanspaltcrack, fissure
Every word from Old High German spalt →Every word from Middle High German spalt →Every word from Middle High German spalde →