splint

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)pley-“to split, splice”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*splint-
3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*splintǭ
4. Middle Dutch · derived fromsplint
5. Middle Low German · derived fromsplinte
6. Middle English · inherited fromsplint
7. English todaysplint

From Middle English splint, splent, splente, from Middle Low German splinte, splente or Middle Dutch splint, splinte. Cognate with Old High German splinza (“bar, bolt, latch”). All ultimately from Proto-Germanic *splintǭ, *splintō (“piece of wood, splinter”), from Proto-Germanic *splint-, *splind- (“to split”), from a nasalized form of *splītaną (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”).

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