Where does “špajhl” come from?

špajhl (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Speichel, from Old High German speihhil.

špajhl (Serbo-Croatian): suction

Definitions

  1. suction

Ancestry of “špajhl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpeichelsaliva
2Old High Germanspeihhil—
Every word from Old High German speihhil →Every word from German Speichel →