espingar

Old Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *spincō, *spiō (“to spy, espy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to spy, watch”).^[1]

Verb edit

espingar

to watch

Descendants edit

Occitan:
- Auvergnat: eipïjâ, espïjâ (South), eipijâ, espijâ (Yssingelais), eipïnchâ, espïnchâ (Velay), eipichâ (Gannatois), eipïtâ (Bourbonnaise, Gannatois, West Uplands), ipayà
- Gascon: aspiar
- Languedocien: espiar
- Provençal: espiar (Niçois), espigar

References edit

^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*spehôn”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 514

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