Where does “speide” come from?

speide (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes 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.

speide (Norwegian Nynorsk): to scout

Definitions

  1. to scout

Ancestry of “speide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsespeja—
2Germanspeiento spit; to vomit
3Middle High Germanspīen—
4Old High Germanspīwanto spew
5Proto-West Germanic*spīwanto spew, spit
6Proto-Germanicspīwanąto spew, to spit
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit

Words derived from “speide”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spīwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan →