Where does “spangel” come from?

spangel (Middle English) comes from Middle English spang, from Old English spang — buckle, clasp.

spangel (Middle English): small piece of ornamental metal, spangle; a small...

Definitions

  1. small piece of ornamental metal, spangle; a small...

Ancestry of “spangel”, step by step

spangel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English spang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishspanga small piece of ornamental metal; spangle; small...
2Old Englishspangbuckle, clasp

via Proto-Germanic spangō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspangōbrooch, clasp
2Proto-Indo-European(s)penh₁-to twist; to weave

Words derived from “spangel”

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