spillan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to destroy; spill
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *spillijaną (split) 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
- spald English
- spill English
- fallo Latin
- *(s)pel- Proto-Indo-European
- *spel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gaspilþijaną Proto-Germanic
- *spellą Proto-Germanic
- *spillijaną Proto-Germanic
- *spilþijaną Proto-Germanic
- *spōlǭ Proto-Germanic
- spille Norwegian Nynorsk
- forspillan Old English
- spildan Old English
- forspillen Middle English
- spil Middle English
- spilden Middle English
- spill Middle English
- spille Middle English
- spillen Middle English
- spiller Middle English
- spillyng Middle English
- spyl Middle English
- spyll Middle English
- spyllyn Middle English
- spilla Old Norse
- spilde Danish
- spilla Icelandic
- spaltan Old High German
- առասպել Old Armenian
- spilla Faroese
- faj Albanian
- spilla Old Swedish