An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Spule

by Friedrich Kluge

Spule, feminine, ‘spool, bobbin,’ from Middle High German spuole, masculine, ‘spool, tube, quill,’ Old High German spuola, feminine, spuolo, masculine, ‘spool’; corresponding to Dutch spoel, English spool. From the Teutonic cognates are derived the Romance terms, Italian spuola, ‘shuttle,’ Old French épolet, ‘spindle.’ Connected with the root spa, ‘to draw,’ adduced under spannen and spinnen?.