Where does “spēdan” come from?

spēdan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic spōdijan, from Proto-West Germanic spōan, from Proto-Germanic spōaną, from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

spēdan (Old English): to speed, prosper, succeed, have success

Definitions

  1. to speed, prosper, succeed, have success

Ancestry of “spēdan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicspōdijanto cause to succeed
2Proto-West Germanicspōanto succeed, prosper
3Proto-Germanicspōanąto prosper, succeed, be happy
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁-to succeed, to prosper
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

Words derived from “spēdan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spōaną →