Where does “spitu” come from?

spitu (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic spituz, from Proto-Indo-European spey- — sharp point, stick.

spitu (Old English): spit

Definitions

  1. spit

Ancestry of “spitu”, step by step

spitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic spituz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspituzrod; stick; spit
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspey-sharp point, stick

via Proto-Germanic spitō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspitōrod; spike; skewer
2Proto-Indo-European*speyd-—

Words derived from “spitu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spituz →