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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptēiw-, *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”). Cognate with Latin spuō (“spit”, verb), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “spit, vomit”), Old Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ), Old Church Slavonic пльвати (plĭvati), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati).
Pronunciation
Noun
*spīwaną[1][2]
- to spew, to spit
Inflection
Conjugation of
*spīwaną (strong class 1)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spīwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 468
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*spīwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 365