Etymology

spleet

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Today it means: A small strip of split wood or willow. Full definition →

Middle Dutch spleet ← Middle Low German splete ← North Frisian splēt
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spleet · noun, verb1

  1. North Frisian · borrowed fromsplēt
  2. Middle Low German · borrowed fromsplete
  3. Middle Dutch · borrowed fromspleet
  4. English todayspleet

From Middle Dutch spleet, splete or Middle Low German splete, North Frisian splēt, related to split.

spleet · verb2

Obscurely related to split. Compare the noun and rare Middle Low German spleeten.

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