Where does “speja” come from?

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

Ancestry of “speja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspeiento spit; to vomit
2Middle High Germanspīen—
3Old High Germanspīwanto spew
4Proto-West Germanic*spīwanto spew, spit
5Proto-Germanicspīwanąto spew, to spit
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit

Words derived from “speja”

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