Where does “speien” come from?

speien (German) comes 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.

speien (German): to spit; to vomit

Definitions

  1. to spit; to vomit

Ancestry of “speien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspīen—
2Old High Germanspīwanto spew
3Proto-West Germanic*spīwanto spew, spit
4Proto-Germanicspīwanąto spew, to spit
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit

Words derived from “speien”

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