Where does “flintgræg” come from?

flintgræg (Old 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.

flintgræg (Old English): flint gray, the color of flint

Definitions

  1. flint gray, the color of flint

Ancestry of “flintgræg”, step by step

flintgræg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English flint

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

via Old English grǣġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgrǣġ—
2Proto-West Germanic*grāugrey
3Proto-Germanicgrēwazgrey
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)plei- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European splind- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flintaz →