Where does “spīt” come from?

spīt (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon spit, from Proto-Germanic spitą, from Proto-Indo-European spey- — sharp point, stick.

Ancestry of “spīt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonspit
2Proto-Germanicspitąrod; spike; skewer
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspey-sharp point, stick

Words derived from “spīt

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spey-
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