Where does “spéit” come from?

spéit (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German spæte, from Old High German spāti, from Proto-West Germanic *spādī, from Proto-Germanic spēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-s, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

spéit (Luxembourgish): late

Definitions

  1. late

Ancestry of “spéit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspæte
2Old High Germanspāti
3Proto-West Germanic*spādīlate
4Proto-Germanicspēdizlate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-tí-s
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁-tí-sEvery word from Proto-Germanic spēdiz