Where does “verspekken” come from?

verspekken (Dutch) comes from Dutch spek, from Middle Dutch spec, from Old Dutch spek, from Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic spiką, from Proto-Indo-European spēy- — to stretch; thrive; succeed.

verspekken (Dutch): to turn lipid and pale, to spoil

Definitions

  1. to turn lipid and pale, to spoil

Ancestry of “verspekken”, step by step

verspekken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch spek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspekbacon; marshmallow; a Spaniard, especially during...
2Middle Dutchspec
3Old Dutchspek
4Proto-West Germanic*spikbacon
5Proto-Germanicspikąbacon
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspēy-to stretch; thrive; succeed

via Dutch ver- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchver- -enForms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spēy-Every word from Proto-Germanic spikąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *spik