Where does “spillerig” come from?

spillerig (German) comes from German spille, from Middle Low German spille, from German spinnila, from Proto-West Germanic spinnilu, from Proto-West Germanic spinnan, from Proto-Germanic spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- — to twist; to weave.

spillerig (German): spindly

Definitions

  1. spindly

Ancestry of “spillerig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspille—
2Middle Low Germanspille—
3Germanspinnila—
4Proto-West Germanicspinniluspindle
5Proto-West Germanicspinnanto spin
6Proto-Germanicspinnanąto spin
7Proto-Indo-European(s)pénh₁-ne-—
8Proto-Indo-European(s)penh₁-to twist; to weave
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