Where does “speil” come from?

speil (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin speculum, from Proto-Italic -klom, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

speil (Norwegian Bokmål): a mirror; imperative of speile

Definitions

  1. a mirror; imperative of speile

Ancestry of “speil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspeculuma looking-glass, mirror
2Proto-Italic-klom—
3Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
4Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
5Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “speil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →Every word from Proto-Italic -klom →Every word from Latin speculum →