Where does “שפּול” come from?

שפּול (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German spuole, from Old High German spuola, from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- — to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

שפּול (Yiddish): a reel

Definitions

  1. a reel

Ancestry of “שפּול”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspuole—
2Old High Germanspuola—
3Proto-Germanicspōlǭspool; reel
4Proto-Indo-European(s)pel-to split in two, split in half; to speak with a...

Words derived from “שפּול”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spōlǭ →Every word from Old High German spuola →