Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)pel-

Etymology
Possibly from bʰel-, with the s-mobile prefix.

Root

 * 1) to say aloud, recite
 * 2) to publicly speak
 * 3) to tell

Descendants

 * Proto-Albanian: spelā
 * Albanian: fjalë ("word")
 * Proto-Albanian: spala
 * Albanian: flas ("speak")
 * Proto-Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: առասպել (aṙaspel) ("tale, proverb, riddle") (←aṙ-a-spel)
 * Proto-Germanic: spellą (see there for descendants)
 * Proto-Hellenic:
 * Ancient Greek: ἀπειλή ("boast, boastful promise")