Where does “spat” come from?

spat (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian spaś, from Proto-Slavic sъpati, from Proto-Indo-European swep- — to sleep.

spat (Lower Sorbian): supine of spaś

Definitions

  1. supine of spaś

Ancestry of “spat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbianspaśto sleep
2Proto-Slavicsъpatito sleep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Slavic sъpati →Every word from Lower Sorbian spaś →