Spigel

See also: śpigel

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German spiegel, from Old High German spiagal, from Latin spēculum. Cognate with German Spiegel, Dutch spiegel. The expected Luxembourgish form would be *Spill (like Zill from Middle High German ziegel). The form Spigel is probably based on a variant Middle High German *spigel, which is also implied by several Low and Central Franconian dialect forms. To this compare the Dutch doublets richel, regel and tichel, tegel, respectively from Latin rēgula and tēgula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpiʁel/, [ˈʃpi.ʑəl]
• Rhymes: -iʑəl

Noun

Spigel m (plural Spigelen)

1. mirror

Derived terms

• Spigelee