Where does “glassplitter” come from?

glassplitter (Swedish) comes from Swedish glas, from Old Swedish glas, from Middle Low German glas, from Old Saxon glas, from Proto-West Germanic glas, from Proto-Germanic glasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- — to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

glassplitter (Swedish): broken glass, shattered glass

Definitions

  1. broken glass, shattered glass

Ancestry of “glassplitter”, step by step

glassplitter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish glas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishglasglass
2Old Swedishglas—
3Middle Low Germanglasglass
4Old Saxonglasglass
5Proto-West Germanicglasglass
6Proto-Germanicglasąglass
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰel-to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...

via Swedish splitter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsplitterutterly, totally
2Germansplitterinflection of splittern: ## first-person singular...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- →