Where does “spīwan” come from?

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

spīwan (Old Dutch): to spew, to spit

Definitions

  1. to spew, to spit

Ancestry of “spīwan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “spīwan”

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