Etymograph

English

sglods

Sglods comes from Welsh sglodion ‘chips’, from Latin assula ‘splinter, shaving, chip, shiver’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- ‘axle, axis’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eḱs-‘axle, axis’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*aksisreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEassis‘axis, wheel, axle’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEassula‘splinter, shaving, chip, shiver’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEascla
  6. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*asklọdreconstructed
  7. Welshc. 1500–presentsglodion‘chips’
  8. Welsh, derivedc. 1500–presentsglods
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2020same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eḱs-‘axle, axis’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*aksisreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEassis‘axis, wheel, axle’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEassula‘splinter, shaving, chip, shiver’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEascla
  6. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*asklọdreconstructed
  7. Welshc. 1500–presentsglodion‘chips’
  8. Welsh, derivedc. 1500–presentsglods
  9. Englishearliest quotation 2020same form

Earliest quotation: 2020, Laura Kemp, Under a Starry Sky: “'Is it time for sglods yet?'”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- ‘axle, axis’

axle, axes, atelier, axon, 11 more

through Proto-Italic *aksis

axis, axe, aisle, ala, 12 more

Today it means

noun French fries (chips).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- / sglods

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