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Where does “spuolen” come from?

spuolen (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic spōlijan, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₃(w)- — to swim, flow.

Ancestry of “spuolen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicspōlijanto wash; to rinse, flush
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₃(w)-to swim, flow

Words derived from “spuolen”

  • Spüllappen
  • Spültuch
  • Geschirrspüler
  • Augenspüleinrichtung
  • Geschirrspülmaschine
  • Weichspüler
  • spülen
  • Spülmaschine
  • anspülen
  • spüelen
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