Where does “spoyen” come from?
spoyen (Middle Dutch) comes from Dutch spuwen, from Middle Dutch spuwen, from Old Dutch spīwan, from Proto-Germanic spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- — to spit, vomit.
Ancestry of “spoyen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | spuwen | to spit |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | spuwen | to spit, to spew; to vomit |
| 3 | Old Dutch | spīwan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | spīwaną | to spew, to spit |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ptyēw- | to spit, vomit |
Words derived from “spoyen”