Where does “spellen” come from?

spellen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch spellen, from Old Dutch spellon, from Proto-Germanic spellōną, from Proto-Germanic spellą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

spellen (Dutch): to spell

Definitions

  1. to spell

Ancestry of “spellen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchspellento explain; to spell, to predict; to mean, to...
2Old Dutchspellonto explain
3Proto-Germanicspellōnąto talk, tell, recount
4Proto-Germanicspelląnews, message; tale, story
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Words derived from “spellen”

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