*spōlǭ

Runic: ᛊᛈᛟᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈspɔː.lɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

spool; reel

(SS: see Kroonen 2017, < *speh₂-tleh₂- from (s)peh₂- to draw, violently set in motion

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (‘to split; cleave; rend; tear’).

*spōle (Old English)
- spole (Middle English)
  - spool (English)
  - spól (Irish)
  - spule, spuil (Scots)
*spōle (Old Frisian)
- Spoule (Saterland Frisian)
- spoel (West Frisian)
spōla (Old Saxon)
- spōle (Middle Low German)
  - Spool (German Low German)
  - Spool (Plautdietsch)
*spuola (Old Dutch)
- spoele (Middle Dutch)
  - spoel (Dutch)
*spuola (Old Dutch)
- spoele (Middle Dutch)
  - spole, espole (Old French)
    - espole, espoule, espolin (French)
    - spola, spuola (Italian)
    - espolin (Spanish)
*spōla (Old Dutch)
- spoele (Middle Dutch)
  - spoel (Dutch)
*spōla (Old Dutch)
- spoele (Middle Dutch)
  - spole, espole (Old French)
    - espole, espoule, espolin (French)
    - spola, spuola (Italian)
    - espolin (Spanish)
spuola (Old High German)
- spuole (Middle High German)
  - Spull (Luxembourgish)
  - שפּול (shpul) (Yiddish)
spuola (Old High German)
- spuole (Middle High German)
  - Spule (German)
    - szpula (Polish)
spóla (Old Norse)
- spóli (Faroese)
- spóla (Icelandic)
- spole (Norwegian)
spóla (Old Norse)
- spolæ (Old Danish)
  - spole (Danish)
spóla (Old Norse)
- spōle (Old Swedish)
  - spole (Swedish)