Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “spieȥ” come from?

spieȥ (Middle High German) comes from Old High German spioz, from Proto-Germanic *speut.

Ancestry of “spieȥ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanspioz—
2Proto-Germanic*speut—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *speut →