Where does “spel” come from?

spel (Middle English) comes from Old English spell, from Proto-Germanic spellą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

spel (Middle English): a story; tale; narrative; tale, quip

Definitions

  1. a story; tale; narrative; tale, quip

Ancestry of “spel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishspellnews; story
2Proto-Germanicspelląnews, message; tale, story
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spellą →Every word from Old English spell →