Where does “spuwen” come from?

spuwen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch spīwan, from Proto-Germanic spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- — to spit, vomit.

spuwen (Middle Dutch): to spit, to spew; to vomit

Definitions

  1. to spit, to spew; to vomit

Ancestry of “spuwen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchspīwanto spew, to spit
2Proto-Germanicspīwanąto spew, to spit
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit

Words derived from “spuwen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spīwaną →Every word from Old Dutch spīwan →
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