Where does “espingar” come from?

espingar (Old Occitan) comes from Vulgar Latin spinco, from Frankish spehōn, from Proto-Germanic spehōną, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

espingar (Old Occitan): to watch

Definitions

  1. to watch

Ancestry of “espingar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinspinco—
2Frankishspehōnto spy, watch; to peer, to look, to spy
3Proto-Germanicspehōnąto peer, look, spy
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spehōną →Every word from Frankish spehōn →