Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “spīcher” come from?

spīcher (Middle High German) comes from Old High German spīhhāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

Ancestry of “spīcher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanspīhhāri—
2Proto-West Germanicspīkārīgranary
3Latinspicarium—
4Latin-ārium—
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om—
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “spīcher”

  • Datenspeicher
  • Speichereiweiß
  • Speicherkraftwerk
  • Nachtspeicherheizung
  • Speicher
  • Energiespeicher
  • speicherresident
  • speichern
  • spichlerz
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