Where does “spill” come from?

spill (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

spill (Luxembourgish): second-person singular imperative of spillen

Definitions

  1. second-person singular imperative of spillen

Ancestry of “spill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanspil—
2Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

Words derived from “spill”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old High German spil →