Where does “spjalla” come from?

spjalla (Old Norse) comes 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 “spjalla”, step by step

spjalla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic spellōną

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

via Proto-Germanic spelþōną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspelþōną—
2Proto-Germanicspel-þ-to split

Words derived from “spjalla”

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