Where does “spīwen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “spīwen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “spīwen”

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