spå
Danish
/spɔːˀ/
verb
Definitions
- to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse spá (prophesy, foretell) inherited from Proto-Germanic *spahōną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*spahōną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- povata Finnish
- Späher German
- erspähen German
- spähen German
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- spå Norwegian Bokmål
- *spahō Proto-Germanic
- *spahōną Proto-Germanic
- spå Swedish
- spå Norwegian Nynorsk
- spā, spa Middle English
- spá Old Norse
- spádómr Old Norse
- mand Danish
- spådom Danish
- spåmand Danish
- spá Icelandic
- spå Westrobothnian