Where does “špekula” come from?

špekula (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Latin specula, from Latin spes, from Proto-Italic spēs, from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁s, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

špekula (Serbo-Croatian): marble

Definitions

  1. marble

Ancestry of “špekula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspeculawatchtower, lookout; nominative plural of...
2Latinspeshope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension
3Proto-Italicspēshope
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁sprosperity, success
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →