Where does “spell” come from?

spell (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Dutch spelle, from Latin spīnula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Ancestry of “spell”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspelle
2Latinspīnula—
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos—
5Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “spell”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →