Where does “beispielshalber” come from?

beispielshalber (German) comes from German Beispiel, 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...

beispielshalber (German): for example, for instance

Definitions

  1. for example, for instance

Ancestry of “beispielshalber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBeispielexample
2Old High Germanbīspelproverb", "example
3Proto-Germanicspelląnews, message; tale, story
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spellą →Every word from Old High German bīspel →
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