Where does “spel” come from?

spel (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *spell, from Proto-Germanic spellą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

spel (Old Dutch): story

Definitions

  1. story

Ancestry of “spel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*spellnews, message
2Proto-Germanicspelląnews, message; tale, story
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spellą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spell →