spillan

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

  • spiln (Luserna, Thirteen Communities)

Etymology

From Old High German spilōn, from Proto-Germanic *spilōną. Cognate to German spielen, Dutch spelen, Swedish spela.

Verb

spillan

  1. (Sette Comuni) to play

References

  • “spillan” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spillijaną (to split), from Proto-Indo-European *spel-. Cognate with Middle Dutch spillen (to go to waste, spoil), Middle High German spillen (to split), Old Norse spilla (to destroy, spoil).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspil.lɑn/

Verb

spillan

  1. to destroy; spill

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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