spela
Swedish
/speːla/
verb-reg
Definitions
- to play; a game, a tune, a melody, an instrument or a role
- to gamble
- to wind (ropes and such)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse spila derived from Middle Low German spillen derived from *spilōn suffix from Swedish spel (play, game).
Origin
Swedish
spel
Gloss
play, game
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- peli Finnish
- spielen German
- MP3-spelare Swedish
- an Swedish
- anspela Swedish
- anspelning Swedish
- brädspel Swedish
- flipperspel Swedish
- fotbollsspelare Swedish
- förspel Swedish
- kortspel Swedish
- kvarnspel Swedish
- polospelare Swedish
- samspel Swedish
- samspela Swedish
- singelspelare Swedish
- skådespel Swedish
- slutspel Swedish
- sommarspel Swedish
- spel Swedish
- spelare Swedish
- speldosa Swedish
- ut Swedish
- utspela Swedish
- vattenpolospelare Swedish
- vinterspel Swedish
- spilian Old English
- spila Old Norse
- afspille Danish
- spille Danish
- spilleliste Danish
- spiller Danish
- spilōn Old High German
- שפּילן Yiddish
- *spilōn gmw-pro
- *spilon Old Dutch
- spelen Middle Low German
- spillen Middle Low German
- spil Old Swedish
- spela Westrobothnian
- spilå Elfdalian