Where does “feltspat” come from?

feltspat (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German feldspat, from German spät, from Middle High German spǣte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic spēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-s, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

feltspat (Norwegian Nynorsk): feldspar

Definitions

  1. feldspar

Ancestry of “feltspat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfeldspatfeldspar
2Germanspätlate
3Middle High Germanspǣte—
4Old High Germanspāti—
5Proto-West Germanic*spādīlate
6Proto-Germanicspēdizlate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-tí-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
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