Where does “spalte” come from?
spalte (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German spalte, from Middle High German spalde, from Middle High German spalt, from Old High German spalt — crack, fissure.
spalte (Norwegian Nynorsk): split; column; to cleave, divide, split
Definitions
- split; column; to cleave, divide, split
Ancestry of “spalte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | spalte | inflection of spalten:
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| 2 | Middle High German | spalde | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | spalt | — |
| 4 | Old High German | spalt | crack, fissure |