Where does “*flint” come from?

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

*flint (Proto-West Germanic): peddle

Definitions

  1. peddle

Ancestry of “*flint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflintaz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansplind-to split, cleave; split
3Proto-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 →
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