Where does “spieth” come from?
spieth (English) comes from English spy, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.
spieth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “spieth”, step by step
spieth traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English spy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spy | A person who secretly watches and examines the... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Old Dutch spuot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | spuot | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | spōdi | hurry, rush; success, prosperity |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | spōan | to succeed, prosper |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | spōaną | to prosper, succeed, be happy |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |