Etymology Explorer › Old Swedish

Where does “spill” come from?

spill (Old Swedish) comes from Middle Low German spille, from German spinnila, from Proto-West Germanic spinnilu, from Proto-West Germanic spinnan, from Proto-Germanic spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- — to twist; to weave.

Ancestry of “spill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanspille—
2Germanspinnila—
3Proto-West Germanicspinniluspindle
4Proto-West Germanicspinnanto spin
5Proto-Germanicspinnanąto spin
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pénh₁-ne-—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)penh₁-to twist; to weave
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