An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Spat
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Spat, masculine, ‘spar’ (mineral), from Middle High German spât, masculine, ‘foliated stone, splinter,’ whence Dutch spaath, French spath, and Italian spato, ‘felspar,’ seem to be derived. Its origin is obscure, as in the case of Quarz.