Where does “spicy” come from?

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

spicy (Lower Sorbian): sleeping, asleep; dormant; past active participle...

Definitions

  1. sleeping, asleep; dormant; past active participle...

Ancestry of “spicy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbianspaśto sleep
2Proto-Slavicsъpatito sleep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswep-to sleep

Words derived from “spicy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swep- →Every word from Proto-Slavic sъpati →Every word from Lower Sorbian spaś →