Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spōlǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔː.lɔ̃ː/

Noun

*spōlǭ f

1. spool; reel

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *spōlǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*spōlǭ	*spōlōniz
vocative	*spōlǭ	*spōlōniz
accusative	*spōlōnų	*spōlōnunz
genitive	*spōlōniz	*spōlōnǫ̂
dative	*spōlōni	*spōlōmaz
instrumental	*spōlōnē	*spōlōmiz

Synonyms

• *spōlō
• *spōlô

Related terms

• *spaluz

Descendants

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