Where does “špil” come from?

špil (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German spiel, from Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

špil (Serbo-Croatian): deck

Definitions

  1. deck

Ancestry of “špil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspiela game instance or way of playing
2Middle High Germanspil—
3Old High Germanspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old High German spil →Every word from Middle High German spil →