Where does “spila” come from?

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

spila (Icelandic): to play; to play an instrument

Definitions

  1. to play; to play an instrument

Ancestry of “spila”, step by step

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

Words derived from “spila”

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