Where does “verspäten” come from?

verspäten (German) comes 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.

verspäten (German): to be late, to be delayed

Definitions

  1. to be late, to be delayed

Ancestry of “verspäten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspätlate
2Middle High Germanspǣte—
3Old High Germanspāti—
4Proto-West Germanic*spādīlate
5Proto-Germanicspēdizlate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-tí-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

Words derived from “verspäten”

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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