Old English · noun
spelc
- Part of speech
- noun
- IPA
- /spelk/[speɫk]
- Syllables
- spelk (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- spelksplintsplinter
Meaning
-
a splint; splinter
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *spelkǭ, *spilkiz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pelg-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Cognate with Old Norse spelka, spjalk.
Descendants
spelk
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