spel
Old English
noun
Definitions
- news
- message
- tale
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *spellą (tale, speech, story, account, news, message) derived from Proto-Indo-European *spel- (tell, split, break off, break, cleave).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*spel-
Gloss
tell, split, break off, break, cleave
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
告
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- spell English
- bona annuntiatio Latin
- fallo Latin
- ēvangelium Latin
- *spel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gaspilþijaną Proto-Germanic
- *spellą Proto-Germanic
- *spillijaną Proto-Germanic
- *spōlǭ Proto-Germanic
- godspel Old English
- gōd Old English
- spell Middle English
- guðspjall Old Norse
- spjall Old Norse
- spjall Icelandic
- bīspel Old High German
- առասպել Old Armenian
- faj Albanian
- 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻 Gothic