Where does “spil” come from?

spil (Icelandic) comes from Middle Low German spil, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

spil (Icelandic): game; playing card; play, playing

Definitions

  1. game; playing card; play, playing

Ancestry of “spil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanspilnoun
2Old Saxonspil—
3Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

Words derived from “spil”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spil →