Where does “spel” come from?

spel (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

Ancestry of “spel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*spil—
2Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

Words derived from “spel”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Dutch *spil →
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