Where does “spóla” come from?

spóla (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse spóla, from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

spóla (Icelandic): a videotape

Definitions

  1. a videotape

Ancestry of “spóla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsespóla—
2Proto-Germanicspōlǭspool; reel
3Proto-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 spōlǭ →Every word from Old Norse spóla →