Where does “spela” come from?

spela (Italian) comes from Italian spelare, from Italian pelo, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

spela (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “spela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianspelareTo remove the hair or the fur from
2Italianpelohair; surface; first-person singular present...
3Latinpīlusa hair
4Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
5Proto-Italicpistlom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →