Where does “spelc” come from?
spelc (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic spelkǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pelg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
spelc (Old English): a splint; splinter
Ancestry of “spelc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | spelkǭ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelg- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |
Words derived from “spelc”