Where does “speidar” come from?

speidar (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk speide, from Old Norse speja, from German speien, from Middle High German spīen, from Old High German spīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan, from Proto-Germanic spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- — to spit, vomit.

speidar (Norwegian Nynorsk): a scout

Definitions

  1. a scout

Ancestry of “speidar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskspeideto scout
2Old Norsespeja—
3Germanspeiento spit; to vomit
4Middle High Germanspīen—
5Old High Germanspīwanto spew
6Proto-West Germanic*spīwanto spew, spit
7Proto-Germanicspīwanąto spew, to spit
8Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spīwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan →
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