Where does “שפּיאָנירוואַרג” come from?
שפּיאָנירוואַרג (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שפּיאָנירן, from Yiddish שפּיאָן, from Russian шпио́н, from German Spion, from French espion, from Middle French espion, from Old French espion, from Frankish *spehō — to see, to look, to observe.
שפּיאָנירוואַרג (Yiddish): spyware
Definitions
- spyware
Ancestry of “שפּיאָנירוואַרג”, step by step
שפּיאָנירוואַרג traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish שפּיאָנירן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | שפּיאָנירן | to spy out |
| 2 | Yiddish | שפּיאָן | spy |
| 3 | Russian | шпио́н | spy |
| 4 | German | Spion | spy; peephole |
| 5 | French | espion | spy |
| 6 | Middle French | espion | — |
| 7 | Old French | espion | spy |
| 8 | Frankish | *spehō | — |
| 9 | Frankish | spehōn | to spy, watch; to peer, to look, to spy |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | spehōną | to peer, look, spy |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via Yiddish ־וואַרג
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־וואַרג | ness |