Where does “leasspell” come from?

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

leasspell (Old English): made-up story

Definitions

  1. made-up story

Ancestry of “leasspell”, step by step

leasspell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English spell

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

via Old English lēas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
2Proto-Germanic*laus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spellą →Every word from Old English spell →