Where does “spīa” come from?

spīa (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- — to spit, vomit.

Ancestry of “spīa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspīwanąto spew, to spit
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit

Words derived from “spīa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spīwaną →