Where does “spiel” come from?

spiel (German) comes from Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

spiel (German): a game instance or way of playing

Definitions

  1. a game instance or way of playing

Ancestry of “spiel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspil—
2Old High Germanspil—
3Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

Words derived from “spiel”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →