Where does “spil” come from?
spil (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.
Ancestry of “spil”, step by step
spil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-West Germanic spil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | spil | dance; game, exercise |
via Proto-Germanic *spil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *spil | — |