Where does “spil” come from?

spil (Danish) comes from Middle Low German spil, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

spil (Danish): A game; A box of equipment and such used for a...

Definitions

  1. A game; A box of equipment and such used for a...

Ancestry of “spil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanspilnoun
2Old Saxonspil
3Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

Words derived from “spil

Every word from Proto-West Germanic spilEvery word from Old Saxon spilEvery word from Middle Low German spil