Haspel

First attested as HASPEL (DE) in 1844. Derived from haspel (“yarn winch”). Named after a winch-shaped bend made by the nearby Grift river.

• Hyphenation: Has‧pel
• Homophone: haspel

Haspel n

1. A hamlet in Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utrecht, Netherlands.

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “haspel”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

From Middle High German haspel, from Old High German haspil, from Proto-West Germanic *haspilaz, from Proto-Germanic *haspulaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *haspijǭ (“clasp; hasp; reel”). More at hasp.

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1. reel (device for a harvesting machine)
2. bobbin
3. windlass
4. swift, niddy-noddy

   Synonyms: Garnwinde, Nicker

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