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

spool; reel

Inflection

Declension 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
  - → Irish: spól
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
- Old Danish: spolæ
  - Danish: spole