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Where does “שפּיאָנאַזש” come from?

שפּיאָנאַזש (Yiddish) comes from German Spionage, from French espionnage, from French espionner, from French espion, from Middle French espion, from Old French espion, from Frankish *spehō, from Frankish spehōn — to see, to look, to observe.

שפּיאָנאַזש (Yiddish): espionage

Definitions

  1. espionage

Ancestry of “שפּיאָנאַזש”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpionageespionage
2Frenchespionnageespionage; spying
3Frenchespionnerto spy
4Frenchespionspy
5Middle Frenchespion—
6Old Frenchespionspy
7Frankish*spehō—
8Frankishspehōnto spy, watch; to peer, to look, to spy
9Proto-Germanicspehōnąto peer, look, spy
10Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe
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