Where does “Spoule” come from?
Spoule (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian spōle, from Old Dutch spōla, from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
Spoule (Saterland Frisian): spool
Ancestry of “Spoule”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | spōle | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | spōla | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spōlǭ | spool; reel |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |