Where does “spētze” come from?
spētze (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic speutaz, from Proto-Indo-European spewd- — to press, to push.
Ancestry of “spētze”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | speutaz | spear |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | spewd- | to press, to push |
Words derived from “spētze”