Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *spē- (sph-)

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to prosper, to turn out well

Hittite: ispai- (II) 'sich satt essen' (Tischler 408-409)

Tokharian: ? B spāw- 'subside, run dry' (Adams 717)

Old Indian: sphāyate `to grow fat, swell, increase', caus. sphāvayati, ptc. sphītá-; sphīti- f. `welfare, prosperity', sphātí- f. `fattening, breeding (of cattle), increase, growth, prosperity', sphāra- `extensive, wide, large', sphirá- `fat'

Avestan: spǝ̄nvat_ `er förderte'

Slavic: *spḗtī, *spējǭ; *spēxъ, *spēšī́tī

Baltic: *spē̂- (-ja-) vb. abs./tr. (1), *spē̂-r-u- adj., *spē-m-iā̃ f., *spē̃-t-a- c., *spē-k-ā̂ f., *spē̃-k-a- c., *spē̃-j-u-/spē̂-j-u- (1) adj.

Germanic: *spē-d-i- c., *spō-n-, *spōw-a- vb.; *spō-d-i- c., *spō-d-ia- vb.

Latin: spēs, -ēī, pl. spērēs `Erwartung, Hoffnung', spērāre `hoffen, erwarten'; prosperus, -a `günstig, glücklich'

Russ. meaning: процветать, удавать себе

References: WP II 656 f