Etymograph

English

spreckle

Spreckle comes from Old English sprecel ‘a spot’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- ‘to strew, spread, sprinkle, scatter’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)per-‘to strew, spread, sprinkle, scatter’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sprekla-‘spot, fleck’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sprekl‘spot, freckle, fleck’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sprecel‘a spot’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sprekle
  6. Englishtodayspreckle

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)per-‘to strew, spread, sprinkle, scatter’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sprekla-‘spot, fleck’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sprekl‘spot, freckle, fleck’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sprecel‘a spot’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sprekle
  6. Englishtodayspreckle

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- ‘to strew, spread, sprinkle, scatter’

spread, fry, spray, spurt, 2 more

Another origin of spreckle

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*spreklenreconstructed
  2. Englishtodayspreckle

Today it means

noun A speck, spot, speckle; freckle.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- / spreckle

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