Where does “spiesse” come from?
spiesse (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle High German spieȥ, from Old High German spioz, from Proto-Germanic *speut.
Ancestry of “spiesse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | spieȥ | — |
| 2 | Old High German | spioz | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *speut | — |
Words derived from “spiesse”