First attested asHASPEL (DE) in 1844. Derived fromhaspel(“yarn winch”). Named after a winch-shaped bend made by the nearby Grift river.
Haspel n
FromMiddle High Germanhaspel, fromOld High Germanhaspil, fromProto-West Germanic*haspilaz, fromProto-Germanic*haspulaz, diminutive ofProto-Germanic*haspijǭ(“clasp; hasp; reel”). More athasp.
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Haspel f (genitiveHaspel,pluralHaspeln) orHaspel m (strong,genitiveHaspels,pluralHaspel)
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