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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | spōla | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | spōlǭ | spool; reel |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |
Words derived from “spōle”