Where does “flynt” come from?

flynt (Middle English) comes 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.

flynt (Middle English): Any of a group of solid stones, especially...

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of solid stones, especially...

Ancestry of “flynt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishflintflint
2Proto-West Germanic*flintpeddle
3Proto-Germanicflintaz—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansplind-to split, cleave; split
5Proto-Indo-European(s)plei-to split, splice; to divide, split, splice

Words derived from “flynt”

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