Where does “spʾs” come from?

spʾs (Middle Persian) comes from Proto-Iranian spácati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian spáćati, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

spʾs (Middle Persian): thanks, gratitude; service

Definitions

  1. thanks, gratitude; service

Ancestry of “spʾs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Iranianspácati—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianspáćati—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “spʾs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian spáćati →Every word from Proto-Iranian spácati →
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