Where does “flint” come from?

flint (Middle English) comes from Middle English flynt, from Old English flint, from Proto-West Germanic *flint, from Proto-Germanic flintaz, from Proto-Indo-European splind-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)plei- — to split, splice; to divide, split, splice.

flint (Middle English): Alternative form of flynt

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of flynt

Ancestry of “flint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishflyntAny of a group of solid stones, especially...
2Old Englishflintflint
3Proto-West Germanic*flintpeddle
4Proto-Germanicflintaz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansplind-to split, cleave; split
6Proto-Indo-European(s)plei-to split, splice; to divide, split, splice

Words derived from “flint”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)plei- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European splind- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flintaz →
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