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

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

    Alternative reconstructions

    Descendants

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)pel- (8 c, 0 e)
    • 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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