Where does “spook” come from?

spook (Middle English) comes from Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic spaikō — spoke.

spook (Middle English): Alternative form of spoke

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of spoke

Ancestry of “spook”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishspokeA spoke; A sharp spike or projection on the edge...
2Old Englishspācaspoke
3Proto-West Germanic*spaikāspoke
4Proto-Germanicspaikōspoke
Every word from Proto-Germanic spaikō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā →Every word from Old English spāca →