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Where does “spalg-” come from?

spalg- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European spel- — to break; to break off, split; to cleave, break.

Ancestry of “spalg-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanspel-to break; to break off, split; to cleave, break

Words derived from “spalg-”

  • spalgs
  • spalgums
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spel- →