Where does “speld” come from?

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

speld (Old English): splinter; a thin piece of wood used as a torch;...

Definitions

  1. splinter; a thin piece of wood used as a torch;...

Ancestry of “speld”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspeldąa split or broken piece of wood; splinter; board
2Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Words derived from “speld”

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