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

Definitions

  1. a splint; splinter

Ancestry of “spelc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspelkǭ—
2Proto-Indo-European(s)pelg-—
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-Indo-European (s)pelg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spelkǭ →