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Where does “spreawlian” come from?

spreawlian (Old English) comes from Proto-Indo-European sper- — to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...

Ancestry of “spreawlian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansper-to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...

Words derived from “spreawlian”

  • sprawling
  • sprawl
  • scrawl
  • scrawly
  • asprawl
  • sprawly
  • antisprawl
  • sprawlingly
  • sprawler
  • scrawler
  • bescrawl
  • sprawlest
  • sprawleth
  • scraulen
  • spraulen
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