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...
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Ancestry of “spela”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | spelare | To remove the hair or the fur from |
| 2 | Italian | pelo | hair; surface; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | pīlus | — |
| 4 | Latin | pīlum | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |