Where does “spōle” come from?

spōle (Old Frisian) comes from Old Dutch spōla, from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Ancestry of “spōle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchspōla
2Proto-Germanicspōlǭspool; reel
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Words derived from “spōle

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel-Every word from Proto-Germanic spōlǭEvery word from Old Dutch spōla