Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)pel-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Possibly from *bʰel- (“to sound, speak”), with an s-mobile prefix.

Root

*(s)pel-

  1. to say aloud, recite
  2. to publicly speak
  3. to tell

Descendants

  • Proto-Albanian: *feln-
  • Proto-Albanian: *śp(e)latśi-
    • Albanian: flas (“to speak”)
  • Proto-Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: առասպել (aṙaspel, “tale, proverb, riddle”) (←aṙ-a-spel)
  • Proto-Germanic: *spellą (see there for descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἀπειλή (apeilḗ, “boast, boastful promise”)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spella-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 466
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