Where does “bespawling” come from?
bespawling (English) comes from English bespawl, from English spawl, from English spew, from Middle English spewen, from Old English spīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan, from Proto-Germanic spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- — to spit, vomit.
bespawling (English): The act or process by which something is...
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Ancestry of “bespawling”, step by step
bespawling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bespawl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bespawl | To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle |
| 2 | English | spawl | Scattered or ejected spittle; To scatter spittle... |
| 3 | English | spew | To eject forcibly and in a stream; To speak or... |
| 4 | Middle English | spewen | To spew, or puke; to regurgitate... |
| 5 | Old English | spīwan | to vomit, spit |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *spīwan | to spew, spit |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | spīwaną | to spew, to spit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ptyēw- | to spit, vomit |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |