Where does “flint” come from?

flint (Old English) comes 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 (Old English): flint

Definitions

  1. flint

Ancestry of “flint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*flintpeddle
2Proto-Germanicflintaz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansplind-to split, cleave; split
4Proto-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 →