spegel
Swedish
/ˈspeːˌɡɛl/
noun
Definitions
- a mirror; a smooth reflecting surface
- something flat and smooth, resembling a mirror (e.g. the surface of a lake)
- a (moral) guideline, used for correcting errors, similar to a mirror
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish speghil derived from Old Norse spegill derived from Middle Low German spēgel derived from Latin speglum, speculum (mirror).
Origin
Latin
speculum
Gloss
mirror
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鏡
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- speculum English
- hirvipeili Finnish
- katupeili Finnish
- kokovartalopeili Finnish
- kurkkupeili Finnish
- käsipeili Finnish
- liikennepeili Finnish
- otsapeili Finnish
- pallopeili Finnish
- peilata Finnish
- peili Finnish
- peiliheijastuskamera Finnish
- peiliholvi Finnish
- peilikaappi Finnish
- peilikaukoputki Finnish
- peilikirjoitus Finnish
- peilikirkas Finnish
- peilikuva Finnish
- peililasi Finnish
- peiliovi Finnish
- peilipalvelin Finnish
- peilipöytä Finnish
- peilirauta Finnish
- peilisali Finnish
- peilisolu Finnish
- peiliteleskooppi Finnish
- peilityven Finnish
- peilityyni Finnish
- peruutuspeili Finnish
- peräpeili Finnish
- piianpeili Finnish
- puoliläpäisevä peili Finnish
- satulipeili Finnish
- seinäpeili Finnish
- silmäpeili Finnish
- taikapeili Finnish
- takapeili Finnish
- taskupeili Finnish
- tasopeili Finnish
- taustapeili Finnish
- teinipeili Finnish
- *speclum Latin
- specillum Latin
- speciō Latin
- speclum Latin
- specularis Latin
- speculifer Latin
- speculiger Latin
- speculum Latin
- speglum Latin
- spēglum Latin
- Spiegel German
- specolo Italian
- espéculo Spanish, Castilian
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- speil Norwegian Bokmål
- nos Swedish
- nosspegel Swedish
- skvaller Swedish
- skvallerspegel Swedish
- vinge Swedish
- vingspegel Swedish
- spegel Norwegian Nynorsk
- spegill Old Norse
- espècul Catalan, Valencian
- espello Galician
- spiegal Old High German
- spécla Old Irish
- peegel Estonian
- spegel Middle Low German
- spēgel Middle Low German
- spēgal Old Saxon
- speghil Old Swedish
- spägjel Westrobothnian
- spievel Romansh
- espelh Old Occitan
- spillu Old Spanish
- spegel Low German
- speghæl Old Danish