Where does “spraeyen” come from?

spraeyen (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic sprēwijaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)per- — to strew, sow, sprinkle; to sow, sprinkle, strew;...

spraeyen (Middle Dutch): to spray, sprinkle, spread

Definitions

  1. to spray, sprinkle, spread

Ancestry of “spraeyen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsprēwijanąto spray, sprinkle
2Proto-Indo-European(s)per-to strew, sow, sprinkle; to sow, sprinkle, strew;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)per- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sprēwijaną →