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Where does “spryttan” come from?

spryttan (Old English) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)per- — to strew, sow, sprinkle; to sow, sprinkle, strew;...

spryttan (Old English): to spring, sprout, germinate; to put forth the...

Definitions

  1. to spring, sprout, germinate; to put forth the...

Ancestry of “spryttan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)per-to strew, sow, sprinkle; to sow, sprinkle, strew;...

Words derived from “spryttan”

  • spurt
  • sprit
  • spirt
  • spritsail
  • spurtle
  • spirtle
  • bespurt
  • spurten
  • spurten
  • spurt
  • slutspurt
  • spurt
  • slutspurt
  • spurte
  • spurt
  • sprutten
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