Where does “Beispiel” come from?

Beispiel (German) comes from Old High German bīspel, from Proto-Germanic spellą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Beispiel (German): example

Definitions

  1. example

Ancestry of “Beispiel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbīspelproverb", "example
2Proto-Germanicspelląnews, message; tale, story
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Words derived from “Beispiel”

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