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Where does “spehōn” come from?

spehōn (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic spehōną, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

spehōn (Old High German): to peer, spy

Definitions

  1. to peer, spy

Ancestry of “spehōn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspehōnąto peer, look, spy
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “spehōn”

  • spähen
  • Späher
  • szpiegować
  • szpieg
  • špeher
  • špehovat
  • spehen
  • spëhen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →