Where does “spawl” come from?

spawl (English) comes 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.

spawl (English): Scattered or ejected spittle; To scatter spittle...

Definitions

  1. Scattered or ejected spittle; To scatter spittle...

Ancestry of “spawl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspewTo eject forcibly and in a stream; To speak or...
2Middle EnglishspewenTo spew, or puke; to regurgitate...
3Old Englishspīwanto vomit, spit
4Proto-West Germanic*spīwanto spew, spit
5Proto-Germanicspīwanąto spew, to spit
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit

Words derived from “spawl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spīwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan →
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