Where does “spellon” come from?

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

spellon (Old Dutch): to explain

Definitions

  1. to explain

Ancestry of “spellon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspellōnąto talk, tell, recount
2Proto-Germanicspelląnews, message; tale, story
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Words derived from “spellon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spellą →Every word from Proto-Germanic spellōną →