Where does “szpiegować” come from?

szpiegować (Polish) comes from Czech špehovat, from Czech špeh, from Middle High German spëhen, from Old High German spehōn, from Proto-Germanic spehōną, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

szpiegować (Polish): to spy; to spy on, to shadow

Definitions

  1. to spy; to spy on, to shadow

Ancestry of “szpiegować”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechšpehovatto spy
2Czechšpehspy
3Middle High Germanspëhen—
4Old High Germanspehōnto peer, spy
5Proto-Germanicspehōnąto peer, look, spy
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “szpiegować”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spehōną →Every word from Old High German spehōn →