Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspieȥ—
2Old High Germanspioz—
3Proto-Germanic*speut—

Words derived from “spiesse”

  • werpspies
  • spies
Every word from Proto-Germanic *speut →