speld

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)pel-“to split”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*speldą“splinter, board”
3. Old English · inherited fromspeld“a splinter; a chip of wood; torch”
4. Middle English · inherited fromspeld
5. English todayspeld

From Middle English speld, spelde, from Old English speld (“a splinter; a chip of wood; torch”), from Proto-Germanic *speldą (“splinter, board”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”).

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