Where does โ€œspiaโ€ come from?

spia (Italian) comes from Gothic ๐ƒ๐€๐Œฐ๐Œน๐Œท๐Œฐ, from Proto-Germanic spehลnฤ…, from Proto-Indo-European speแธฑ- โ€” to see, to look, to observe.

spia (Italian): spy; spy, bug; informer, infiltrator, spy,...

Definitions

  1. spy; spy, bug; informer, infiltrator, spy,...

Ancestry of โ€œspiaโ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gothic๐ƒ๐€๐Œฐ๐Œน๐Œท๐Œฐโ€”
2Proto-Germanicspehลnฤ…to peer, look, spy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeแธฑ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from โ€œspiaโ€

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speแธฑ- โ†’Every word from Proto-Germanic spehลnฤ… โ†’Every word from Gothic ๐ƒ๐€๐Œฐ๐Œน๐Œท๐Œฐ โ†’