Where does “Σπέτσες” come from?

Σπέτσες (Greek) comes from Italian spezie, from German Spezies, from Latin speciēs, from Latin speciō, from Proto-Italic spekjō, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

Σπέτσες (Greek): Spetses island in Attica, Greece

Definitions

  1. Spetses island in Attica, Greece

Ancestry of “Σπέτσες”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspeziespices
2GermanSpeziesspecies
3Latinspeciēsseeing, view, look
4Latinspeciōto observe, watch, look at
5Proto-Italicspekjōto observe, to see
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti →Every word from Proto-Italic spekjō →