Where does “spelke” come from?

spelke (Middle English) comes from Old English spilc, from Proto-Germanic spalkuz — bast, splint.

Ancestry of “spelke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishspilclittle rod by which things are kept straight or a...
2Proto-Germanicspalkuzbast, splint

Words derived from “spelke”

Every word from Proto-Germanic spalkuz →Every word from Old English spilc →