Where does “espiyonaj” come from?

espiyonaj (Turkish) comes from French espionnage, from French espionner, from French espion, from Middle French espion, from Old French espion, from Frankish *spehō, from Frankish spehōn, from Proto-Germanic spehōną — to see, to look, to observe.

espiyonaj (Turkish): espionage, spying

Definitions

  1. espionage, spying

Ancestry of “espiyonaj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchespionnageespionage; spying
2Frenchespionnerto spy
3Frenchespionspy
4Middle Frenchespion
5Old Frenchespionspy
6Frankish*spehō
7Frankishspehōnto spy, watch; to peer, to look, to spy
8Proto-Germanicspehōnąto peer, look, spy
9Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-
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