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Where does “*flintaz-” come from?

*flintaz- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European splind-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)plei- — to split, splice; to divide, split, splice.

Ancestry of “*flintaz-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansplind-to split, cleave; split
2Proto-Indo-European(s)plei-to split, splice; to divide, split, splice
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