Where does “Speisopfer” come from?

Speisopfer (German) comes from German speisen, from Middle High German spīsen, from Middle High German spīse, from Old High German spīsa, from Latin spensa, from Latin expēnsa, from Latin expensus, from Latin expendere.

Speisopfer (German): meal offering

Definitions

  1. meal offering

Ancestry of “Speisopfer”, step by step

Speisopfer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German speisen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspeisento dine; to feed
2Middle High Germanspīsen
3Middle High Germanspīse
4Old High Germanspīsameal
5Latinspensaoutlay for provisions, food
6Latinexpēnsa
7Latinexpensusweighed; paid; judged
8Latinexpenderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
9LatinexpendoI weigh; I pay out; I judge
10Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
11LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
12LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
13Latincommūnicōto impart, share
14Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
15Old Latincom(m)oinis
16Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
17Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
18Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
19Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
20Middle Englishkyt

via German Opfer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOpfersacrifice; victim; wimp
2Middle High Germanopfer
3Old High Germanophar
Every word from Middle English kytEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm