Where does “spouwen” come from?

spouwen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch spuwen, from Old Dutch spīwan, from Proto-Germanic spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- — to spit, vomit.

spouwen (Dutch): to spit; to vomit; to split, cleave

Definitions

  1. to spit; to vomit; to split, cleave

Ancestry of “spouwen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchspuwento spit, to spew; to vomit
2Old Dutchspīwanto spew, to spit
3Proto-Germanicspīwanąto spew, to spit
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit

Words derived from “spouwen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spīwaną →Every word from Old Dutch spīwan →
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