spald

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*spilþijan“to destroy, spoil, ruin”
2. Middle Low German · derived fromspalden“to spilt”
3. Middle Dutch · derived fromspalden“to spilt”
4. Middle English · inherited fromspalden
5. English todayspald

Inherited from Middle English spalden, from either Middle Dutch spalden (“to spilt”) or Middle Low German spalden (“to spilt”), ultimately from or related to Proto-West Germanic *spilþijan (“to destroy, spoil, ruin”). Cognate with German spalten (“to split”), Danish spalte (“to split”), Norwegian spalte (“to split”), Swedish spalta (“to split”).

Words from the same roots