Where does “шпецерај” come from?
шпецерај (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Spezerei, from Middle High German specierīe, from Italian spezieria, from Italian spezia, from Italian spezie, from German Spezies, from Latin speciēs, from Latin speciō — to see, to look, to observe.
шпецерај (Serbo-Croatian): groceries
Ancestry of “шпецерај”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Spezerei | spices from overseas; delicacy |
| 2 | Middle High German | specierīe | — |
| 3 | Italian | spezieria | grocer's ; grocery; spices |
| 4 | Italian | spezia | singular of spezie; a spice; third-person... |
| 5 | Italian | spezie | spices |
| 6 | German | Spezies | — |
| 7 | Latin | speciēs | — |
| 8 | Latin | speciō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | spekjō | to observe, to see |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |