Where does “speate” come from?

speate (Yola) comes from Middle English spet, from Middle English speten, from Old English spǣtan, from Proto-Indo-European sp(y)ēw.

speate (Yola): spittle

Definitions

  1. spittle

Ancestry of “speate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishspetspittle
2Middle Englishspeten—
3Old Englishspǣtanto spit; to squirt
4Proto-Indo-Europeansp(y)ēw—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sp(y)ēw →Every word from Old English spǣtan →Every word from Middle English speten →