Where does “bespeien” come from?

bespeien (German) comes from German speien, from Middle High German spīen, from Old High German spīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan, from Proto-Germanic spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- — to spit, vomit.

bespeien (German): to spit on

Definitions

  1. to spit on

Ancestry of “bespeien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspeiento spit; to vomit
2Middle High Germanspīen—
3Old High Germanspīwanto spew
4Proto-West Germanic*spīwanto spew, spit
5Proto-Germanicspīwanąto spew, to spit
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spīwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan →