Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “sprūtan” come from?

sprūtan (Old English) 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”

  • sprout
  • sprouting
  • resprout
  • sprouty
  • sprouteth
  • nonsprouting
  • resprouter
  • sproutling
  • sproutest
  • sproutarian
  • asprout
  • spruten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sprewd- →