Where does “slinn” come from?
slinn (Irish) comes from Old Irish slind, from Proto-Indo-European splind-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)plei- — to split, splice; to divide, split, splice.
slinn (Irish): slate; shingle
Ancestry of “slinn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | slind | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | splind- | to split, cleave; split |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)plei- | to split, splice; to divide, split, splice |