Where does “spinel” come from?
spinel (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic spinnilu, from Proto-West Germanic spinnan, from Proto-Germanic spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- — to twist; to weave.
spinel (Old English): spindle
Ancestry of “spinel”, step by step
Words derived from “spinel”