Where does “spēlēt” come from?

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

spēlēt (Latvian): to play

Definitions

  1. to play

Ancestry of “spēlēt”, step by step

spēlēt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian spēle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianspēleplay
2Middle Low Germanspel—
3Old Saxonspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Proto-Turkic ēt-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicēt-—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →