Where does “splott” come from?

splott (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic spluttaz, from Proto-Indo-European splt-no-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

splott (Old English): a plot or parcel of land; a spot

Definitions

  1. a plot or parcel of land; a spot

Ancestry of “splott”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspluttazsegment
2Proto-Indo-Europeansplt-no-an off-split, segment
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Words derived from “splott”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European splt-no- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spluttaz →