Where does “speel” come from?
speel (English) comes from English bonspiel, from Dutch bond, from Middle Dutch bund, from Proto-Germanic bandaz, from French bandage, from French bande, from French là, from Italian là — soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,...
speel (English): To climb; To talk at length, to spiel; To run
Definitions
- To climb; To talk at length, to spiel; To run
Ancestry of “speel”, step by step
speel traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English bonspiel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bonspiel | A tournament in the sport of curling |
| 2 | Dutch | bond | society, fellowship; union, association, guild;... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | bund | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bandaz | — |
| 5 | French | bandage | bandage |
| 6 | French | bande | band, strip; stripe; strip |
| 7 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 8 | Italian | là | there |
| 9 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 10 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 11 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 12 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 13 | Hungarian | moll | minor |
| 14 | German | Moll | minor |
| 15 | Medieval Latin | molle | — |
| 16 | Latin | mollis | soft, delicate to the touch; pliant, flexible,... |
via Afrikaans speel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | speel | to play |
| 2 | Dutch | spelen | to play |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | spēlen | to play, to have fun |
| 4 | Old Dutch | spilon | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spilōn | to play; to dance, move |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |