*spellą

Runic: ᛊᛈᛖᛚᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈspel.lɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

  1. news, message
  2. tale, story, legend

Etymology

(SS: possibly *skʷetló-, see Kroonen 2017). From Proto-Indo-European *spel (H)-o-, ultimately from *(s)pelH- (‘to tell’). Common origin and cognate with Old Armenian առասպել (aṙaspel, ‘legend, proverb, riddle’). Unrelated to *spil (‘game, amusement’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.spelląspellō
Acc.spelląspellō
Gen.spellas, spillisspellǫ̂
Dat.spellaispellamaz
Inst.spellōspellamiz
Voc.spelląspellō

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Descendants

  • *spell (Proto-West Germanic)
    • spel (Old High German)
    • spel (Old Saxon)
  • *spell (Proto-West Germanic)
    • spel (Old Dutch)
      • spel (Middle Dutch)
  • *spell (Proto-West Germanic)
    • spell, spel (Old English)
      • spell, spel (Middle English)
        • spell (English)
  • spjall (Old Norse)
    • spjall (Icelandic)
  • spjall (Old Norse)
    • spiäl (Old Swedish)
      • spjäll (Swedish)
  • 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻 (spill) (Gothic)

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