spildan

Old English

verb

Definitions

to destroy

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *spilþijaną (spoil, destroy, ruin, murder, kill).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*spilþijaną

Gloss

spoil, destroy, ruin, murder, kill

Concept

Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

`Kanji`

殺

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

spald English
*(s)pel- Proto-Indo-European
*spilþijaną Proto-Germanic
spille Norwegian Nynorsk
spillan Old English
spilla Old Norse
spilde Danish
spilla Icelandic
spaltan Old High German
spilla Faroese
spilla Old Swedish

spillan