Where does “spīsen” come from?

spīsen (Middle High German) comes from Middle High German spīse, from Old High German spīsa, from Latin spensa, from Latin expēnsa, from Latin expensus, from Latin expendere, from Latin expendo, from Latin ex- — whale, sea monster; abyss.

Ancestry of “spīsen”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle High German	spīse	—
2	Old High German	spīsa	meal
3	Latin	spensa	outlay for provisions, food
4	Latin	expēnsa	—
5	Latin	expensus	weighed; paid; judged
6	Latin	expendere	third-person plural perfect active indicative of...
7	Latin	expendo	I weigh; I pay out; I judge
8	Latin	ex-	out, away; throughout; thoroughly
9	Latin	e	The name of the letter "E"; out of, from
10	Latin	ex	A name of the letter "X"; out of, from
11	Latin	commūnicō	to impart, share
12	Latin	commūnis	common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
13	Old Latin	com(m)oinis	—
14	Proto-Italic	kommoinis	common
15	Proto-Indo-European	ḱom-moy-ni-	held in common
16	Proto-Indo-European	ḱóm	beside, near, by, with
17	Proto-Indo-European	ḱe	Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
18	Middle English	kyt	—
19	Russian	кит	whale; genitive plural of ки́та
20	Old Church Slavonic	китъ	whale
21	Ancient Greek	κῆτος	whale, sea monster; abyss

Words derived from “spīsen”

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