Where does “Späicher” come from?
Späicher (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German spīhhāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
Späicher (Luxembourgish): attic; memory
Definitions
- attic; memory
Ancestry of “Späicher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old High German | spīhhāri | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | spīkārī | granary |
| 3 | Latin | spicarium | granary |
| 4 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |