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Where does “spelle” come from?

spelle (Dutch) comes from Latin spīnula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Definitions

Ancestry of “spelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspīnula—
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elos—
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “spelle”

  • speld
  • dasspeld
  • spelde
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →