Where does “sprøjte” come from?

sprøjte (Danish) comes from Danish spøjte, from Dutch spuit, from Middle Dutch spoyte.

sprøjte (Danish): a device with a pressure chamber and a narrow opening for squirting or drawing fluid; syringe, squirt

Definitions

  1. a device with a pressure chamber and a narrow opening for squirting or drawing fluid; syringe, squirt

Ancestry of “sprøjte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishspøjte—
2Dutchspuitspout; needle, syringe; injection, jab
3Middle Dutchspoyte—

Words derived from “sprøjte”

Every word from Middle Dutch spoyte →