spel

Old English

noun
Definitions
  • news
  • message
  • tale

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *spellą (tale, speech, story, account, news, message) 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

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