Where does “spewen” come from?

spewen (Middle English) comes from Old English spīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan, from Proto-Germanic spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- — to spit, vomit.

spewen (Middle English): To spew, or puke; to regurgitate...

Definitions

  1. To spew, or puke; to regurgitate...

Ancestry of “spewen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishspīwanto vomit, spit
2Proto-West Germanic*spīwanto spew, spit
3Proto-Germanicspīwanąto spew, to spit
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit

Words derived from “spewen”

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