spjall
Old Norse
/ˈspjɑlː/
noun
Definitions
- saying, tale
- (poetic, especially in the plural) words, tales, tidings
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *spellą (tale, speech, story, account, news, message).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*spellą
Gloss
tale, speech, story, account, news, message
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
信
Emoji
🎤 💬 🗨️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fallo Latin
- *spel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gaspilþijaną Proto-Germanic
- *spellą Proto-Germanic
- *spillijaną Proto-Germanic
- *spōlǭ Proto-Germanic
- godspel Old English
- spel Old English
- spell Middle English
- spjall Icelandic
- bīspel Old High German
- առասպել Old Armenian
- faj Albanian
- 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻 Gothic
- godspel Old Saxon
- spel Old Saxon