Where does “spoky” come from?

spoky (English) comes from English spoke, from Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic spaikō — spoke.

spoky (English): Of a roll of film: incorrectly wound, resulting in humps that appear as radial lines

Definitions

  1. Of a roll of film: incorrectly wound, resulting in humps that appear as radial lines

Ancestry of “spoky”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspokeA support structure that connects the axle or the...
2Middle EnglishspokeA spoke; A sharp spike or projection on the edge...
3Old Englishspācaspoke
4Proto-West Germanic*spaikāspoke
5Proto-Germanicspaikōspoke

Words derived from “spoky”

Every word from Proto-Germanic spaikō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā →Every word from Old English spāca →