Where does “spå” come from?

spå (Danish) comes from Old Norse spá, from Proto-Germanic spahōną, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

spå (Danish): to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy

Definitions

  1. to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy

Ancestry of “spå”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsespáa prophecy; to prophesy, to foretell
2Proto-Germanicspahōnąto observe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “spå”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spahōną →Every word from Old Norse spá →