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Where does “spīwan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “spīwan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “spīwan”

  • waterspuwer
  • spuwer
  • spugen
  • spuien
  • vuurspuwer
  • spouwen
  • spouwer
  • spuwen
  • spoyen
  • spuwen
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