Where does “Sprühstoß” come from?

Sprühstoß (German) comes from German Stoß, from Old High German stoz.

Sprühstoß (German): a puff, a spray of an inhalator, a nasal spray, etc

Definitions

  1. a puff, a spray of an inhalator, a nasal spray, etc

Ancestry of “Sprühstoß”, step by step

Sprühstoß traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Stoß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStoßpush; the rectrices
2Old High Germanstoz—

via German sprühen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprühento spray; to radiate with a certain feeling or...
2Middle High Germanspræjento be scattered
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