Where does “spotten” come from?

spotten (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch spotton, from Proto-Germanic sputtōną.

spotten (Middle Dutch): to mock, to deride

Definitions

  1. to mock, to deride

Ancestry of “spotten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchspotton—
2Proto-Germanicsputtōną—

Words derived from “spotten”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sputtōną →Every word from Old Dutch spotton →