Where does “Spell” come from?

Spell (Plautdietsch) comes from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

Spell (Plautdietsch): game

Definitions

  1. game

Ancestry of “Spell”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonspil—
2Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

Words derived from “Spell”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →