Where does “spīwan” come from?

spīwan (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan, from Proto-Germanic spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- — to spit, vomit.

spīwan (Old High German): to spew

Definitions

  1. to spew

Ancestry of “spīwan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*spīwanto spew, spit
2Proto-Germanicspīwanąto spew, to spit
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit

Words derived from “spīwan”

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