Where does “*spell” come from?

*spell (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic spellą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

*spell (Proto-West Germanic): news, message

Definitions

  1. news, message

Ancestry of “*spell”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*spell”

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