Where does “spellen” come from?

spellen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch spellon, from Proto-Germanic spellōną, from Proto-Germanic spellą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

spellen (Middle Dutch): to explain; to spell, to predict; to mean, to...

Definitions

  1. to explain; to spell, to predict; to mean, to...

Ancestry of “spellen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchspellonto explain
2Proto-Germanicspellōnąto talk, tell, recount
3Proto-Germanicspelląnews, message; tale, story
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Words derived from “spellen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spellą →Every word from Proto-Germanic spellōną →