Where does “Verspätung” come from?

Verspätung (German) comes from German verspäten, from German spät, from Middle High German spǣte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic spēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-s, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

Verspätung (German): delay, lateness, late arrival

Definitions

  1. delay, lateness, late arrival

Ancestry of “Verspätung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverspätento be late, to be delayed
2Germanspätlate
3Middle High Germanspǣte—
4Old High Germanspāti—
5Proto-West Germanic*spādīlate
6Proto-Germanicspēdizlate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-tí-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-s →Every word from Proto-Germanic spēdiz →
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