Where does “spat” come from?
Spat derives from Middle English daschen, from Old Norse daska, from Proto-Indo-European spey-, meaning to scatter or disperse.
spat (English): simple past tense and past participle of spit;...
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of spit;...
Ancestry of “spat”, step by step
spat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English spatterdash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spatterdash | A cement-based slurry applied to a wall in order to improve adhesion of the render |
| 2 | English | dash | Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar) |
| 3 | Middle English | daschen | To hit with a weapon and cause damage; to land a... |
| 4 | Danish | daske | to slap, strike |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | dàska | board, plank |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | dъska | board, plank |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | diskuz | table; dish; bowl |
| 8 | Latin | discus | a discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | diskō | learn |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | dikskō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | di-dḱ-ské-ti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |