Where does “בײַשפּיל” come from?

בײַשפּיל (Yiddish) comes from Old High German bīspel, from Proto-Germanic spellą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

בײַשפּיל (Yiddish): example

Definitions

  1. example

Ancestry of “בײַשפּיל”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbīspelproverb", "example
2Proto-Germanicspelląnews, message; tale, story
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spellą →Every word from Old High German bīspel →