Where does “spic” come from?

spic (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic spiką, from Proto-Indo-European spēy- — to stretch; thrive; succeed.

spic (Old English): bacon; lard

Definitions

  1. bacon; lard

Ancestry of “spic”, step by step

spic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic spiką

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspikąbacon
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspēy-to stretch; thrive; succeed

via Proto-Germanic spikką

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspikką—

Words derived from “spic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spēy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spiką →