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Where does “spehōn” come from?

spehōn (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic spehōną, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

spehōn (Frankish): to spy, watch; to peer, to look, to spy

Definitions

  1. to spy, watch; to peer, to look, to spy

Ancestry of “spehōn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspehōnąto peer, look, spy
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “spehōn”

  • spy
  • spying
  • spyware
  • espy
  • spyglass
  • antispyware
  • spymaster
  • spyhole
  • espial
  • spieth
  • superspy
  • counterspy
  • spycraft
  • espieth
  • spyplane
  • spiest
  • spycam
  • spycatcher
  • spydom
  • antispy
  • spial
  • counterspying
  • spylike
  • espier
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