Where does “spāli” come from?

spāli (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European spel- — to break; to break off, split; to cleave, break.

Ancestry of “spāli”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-Indo-European	spel-	to break; to break off, split; to cleave, break

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