Where does “povata” come from?

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

povata (Finnish): to divine, foretell, bode

Definitions

  1. to divine, foretell, bode

Ancestry of “povata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishspåto foretell; to tell the future and fortune; to...
2Old Norsespáa prophecy; to prophesy, to foretell
3Proto-Germanicspahōnąto observe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “povata”

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