Where does “telespia” come from?

telespia (Italian) comes from Italian spia, from Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰, from Proto-Germanic spehōną, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

telespia (Italian): telephone bug (to intercept telephone conversations)

Definitions

  1. telephone bug (to intercept telephone conversations)

Ancestry of “telespia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspiaspy; spy, bug; informer, infiltrator, spy,...
2Gothic𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰—
3Proto-Germanicspehōnąto peer, look, spy
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spehōną →Every word from Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰 →