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
- to explain; to spell, to predict; to mean, to...
Ancestry of “spellen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | spellon | to explain |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | spellōną | to talk, tell, recount |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spellą | news, message; tale, story |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |
Words derived from “spellen”