Where does “espelir” come from?

espelir (Old French) comes from Frankish spelôn, from Proto-Germanic spellōną, from Proto-Germanic spellą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Ancestry of “espelir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishspelôn—
2Proto-Germanicspellōnąto talk, tell, recount
3Proto-Germanicspelląnews, message; tale, story
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Words derived from “espelir”

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