(s)pel-

    (s)pel-

    English meaning: to speak aloud; to tell

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “laut, nachdrũcklich sprechen”

    Material: Arm. aṙa-spel ‘sage, proverb, saying, riddle “; Goth. spill n. “ narration, Sage, fable”, O.Ice. spjall n. “ narration, discourse “, O.E. spell n. “ narration, discourse, Predigt” (Eng. gospel = O.E. gōd-spell) “Evangelium”; O.H.G. spel, -les n. “ narration, discourse, Märchen”, O.H.G. M.H.G. bī-spel “belehrende narration, fable, Gleichnis”, Ger. Beispiel; therefrom Goth. spillōn “ promulgate, tell”, O.Ice. spialla “talk, erwähnen”, O.E. spellian “talk, tell” (Eng. spell), O.H.G. got-spellōn “evangelizare”, M.H.G. spellen “tell, talk, babble, chatter “; with it are as s-lose forms compatible Gk. ἀπειλή “ threat; prahlerische Versprechung” (ἀπειλέω “drohe; gelobe, verheiße; rũhme mich, boast, brag”), whether from *ἀπελνι̯α, wherein ἀ- am ehesten die preposition *n̥ “in”; (also Gmc. -ll- probably from -ln-) Ltv. pel̂t “vilify, scold, blaspheme, slander”, pal”as (Plur.) “reprimand, Schmähung”, iz-pal”uôt “proficient ausschmähen”, as well as Toch. päl-, pül- “ praise “.

    References: WP. II 676 f., WH. I 59, Frisk 119 f.