Where does “spá” come from?

spá (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic spahōną, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

spá (Old Norse): a prophecy; to prophesy, to foretell

Definitions

  1. a prophecy; to prophesy, to foretell

Ancestry of “spá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspahōnąto observe
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “spá”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spahōną →