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
- (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
- to destroy; spill
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- forspillan
- ġespillan
Related terms
- spildan