Where does “beispielsweise” come from?

beispielsweise (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...

beispielsweise (German): for example

Definitions

  1. for example

Ancestry of “beispielsweise”, 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...
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