Where does “Spioun” come from?

Spioun (Luxembourgish) comes from French espion, from Middle French espion, from Old French espion, from Frankish *spehō, from Frankish spehōn, from Proto-Germanic spehōną, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

Spioun (Luxembourgish): spy

Definitions

  1. spy

Ancestry of “Spioun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchespionspy
2Middle Frenchespion—
3Old Frenchespionspy
4Frankish*spehō—
5Frankishspehōnto spy, watch; to peer, to look, to spy
6Proto-Germanicspehōnąto peer, look, spy
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →