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Where does “sprūtan” come from?

sprūtan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic sprūtaną, from Proto-Germanic spreutaną, from Proto-Indo-European sprewd-.

Ancestry of “sprūtan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicsprūtanąAlternative form of *spreutaną
2Proto-Germanicspreutanąto sprout; to spring, come out
3Proto-Indo-Europeansprewd-—

Words derived from “sprūtan”

  • spruit
  • ontspruiten
  • spruiten
  • spruten
  • sprute
  • spruyte
  • spruut
  • spruit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sprewd- →