Where does “spelare” come from?

spelare (Italian) comes 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.

spelare (Italian): To remove the hair or the fur from

Definitions

  1. To remove the hair or the fur from

Ancestry of “spelare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpelohair; surface; first-person singular present...
2Latinpīlusa hair
3Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
4Proto-Italicpistlom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “spelare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →