spilla
Swedish
verb-reg
Definitions
- to spill, accidentally pour out liquid
- to waste (e.g. time)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish spilla inherited from Old Norse spilla (destroy, spoil) inherited from Proto-Germanic *spilþijaną (spoil, destroy, ruin, murder, kill) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (split, sunder, rend, tear, speak with a loud voice, say aloud, recite, splinter off, sliver, split off).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)pel-
Gloss
split, sunder, rend, tear, speak with a loud voice, say aloud, recite, splinter off, sliver, split off
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antispill English
- forspill English
- overspill English
- prespill English
- spald English
- spill English
- spillable English
- spillback English
- spiller English
- spillest English
- spilleth English
- spillikin English
- spillover English
- spillproof English
- spillway English
- spilly English
- spilt English
- spilth English
- pillata Finnish
- spolium Latin
- *(s)pel- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)pelg- Proto-Indo-European
- *splt-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *speldą Proto-Germanic
- *spilþijaną Proto-Germanic
- spille Norwegian Nynorsk
- spildan Old English
- spillan Old English
- spillen Middle English
- spilla Old Norse
- spilde Danish
- spilla Icelandic
- spaltan Old High German
- spilla Faroese
- flas Albanian
- mudspelli Old Saxon
- spilla Old Swedish
- *palei- Proto-Albanian
- *pēpli Proto-Albanian
- *spelā Proto-Albanian