Where does “spel” come from?

spel (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

Ancestry of “spel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonspil—
2Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

Words derived from “spel”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →