spale

Synonyms of spale

• spaling

Forms of spale

Origin of spale

From Middle English spale (“splinter”), perhaps partly from Old English *spalu (“flat bar, flake, chip”) or Old Norse spǫlr (“plank, rail, bar, short piece of wood”), both from Proto-Germanic *spaluz (“pole, rod, thin bar, lath”); and partly as an alteration of Old English speld (“ember, flake, torch, splinter, thin piece of wood used as a torch”), from Proto-Germanic *speldą (“that which is split, splinter, board”); both from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pala-, *(s)pel- (“to split in two, split in half”). Cognate with Middle High German spale ("rung of a ladder"; > dialectal German Spale (“a wooden split, wedge”)), dialectal Swedish spalu (“splinter”), dialectal Norwegian spel, spela, spila (“a splinter”), Icelandic spölur (“bit, short piece”). See also split.

Words that rhyme with spale

• tail
• dale
• hale
• fail
• trail
• sail
• nail
• tale
• mail
• rail
• scale
• stale

Questions about spale

What does spale mean?

Spale means a chip or splinter of wood.

What part of speech is spale?

Spale is a noun.

How do you pronounce spale?

Spale is pronounced /ˈspeɪl/.

What is the plural of spale?

The plural of spale is spales.