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Where does “spuola” come from?

spuola (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Ancestry of “spuola”, step by step

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

Words derived from “spuola”

  • Spule
  • szpula
  • шпула
  • špula
  • spuole
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