From Middle Dutch spalden or Middle Low German spalden, 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").
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