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Where does “spole” come from?

spole (Swedish) comes from Old Norse spóla, from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

spole (Swedish): a coil, a reel; an inductor

Definitions

  1. a coil, a reel; an inductor

Ancestry of “spole”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsespóla—
2Proto-Germanicspōlǭspool; reel
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
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