Where does “spucken” come from?

spucken (German) comes from Dutch spugen, from Middle High German spīwen, from Old High German spīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan, from Proto-Germanic spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- — to spit, vomit.

spucken (German): to spit

Definitions

  1. to spit

Ancestry of “spucken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspugento spit; to vomit
2Middle High Germanspīwen—
3Old High Germanspīwanto spew
4Proto-West Germanic*spīwanto spew, spit
5Proto-Germanicspīwanąto spew, to spit
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit

Words derived from “spucken”

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