Where does “spil” come from?

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

spil (Middle Low German): noun

Definitions

  1. noun

Ancestry of “spil”, step by step

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

Words derived from “spil”

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