Where does “spela” come from?

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

spela (Norwegian Nynorsk): to play; definite plural of spel

Definitions

  1. to play; definite plural of spel

Ancestry of “spela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanspilnoun
2Old Saxonspil—
3Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

Words derived from “spela”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spil →
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