Where does “spýja” come from?

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

spýja (Old Norse): to spew, to vomit; vomit

Definitions

  1. to spew, to vomit; vomit

Ancestry of “spýja”, step by step

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

Words derived from “spýja”

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