Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “sprutten” come from?

sprutten (Middle English) comes from Old English spryttan, from Proto-Indo-European (s)per- — to strew, sow, sprinkle; to sow, sprinkle, strew;...

Ancestry of “sprutten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishspryttanto spring, sprout, germinate; to put forth the...
2Proto-Indo-European(s)per-to strew, sow, sprinkle; to sow, sprinkle, strew;...

Words derived from “sprutten”

  • spurt
  • sprit
  • spirt
  • spritsail
  • spurtle
  • spirtle
  • bespurt
  • spurten
  • spurten
  • spurt
  • slutspurt
  • spurt
  • slutspurt
  • spurte
  • spurt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)per- →