Where does “splint” come from?

splint (Middle English) comes from Middle Low German splinte, from Proto-Germanic *splintǭ.

Ancestry of “splint”, step by step

splint traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German splinte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansplinte—
2Proto-Germanic*splintǭ—

via Middle Dutch splint

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchsplint—

Words derived from “splint”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *splintǭ →Every word from Middle Low German splinte →