Where does “spät” come from?

spät (German) comes 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.

spät (German): late

Definitions

  1. late

Ancestry of “spät”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspǣte—
2Old High Germanspāti—
3Proto-West Germanic*spādīlate
4Proto-Germanicspēdizlate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-tí-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

Words derived from “spät”

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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