Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To eject forcibly and in a stream. · To be forcibly ejected. · To speak or write quickly and voluminously, especially words that are not worth listening to or reading. · To be written or spoken voluminously.
Vomit. · Ejaculate or ejaculation. · Nonsense or lies. · Material that has been ejected in a stream, or the act of spewing.
From Middle English spewen, from Old English spīwan, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”). Germanic cognates include English spit, West Frisian spije, Dutch spuien, Dutch spuwen, Low German speen, spiien, German speien (“to spew, spit, vomit”), Swedish spy, Danish spy, Faroese spýggja, Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan). Also cognate, through Indo-European, with Latin spuō (“spit”, verb), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “spit, vomit”), Albanian fyt (“throat”), Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ), Russian плева́ть (plevátʹ), Persian تف (tof), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhī́vati).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionspewenenm
- Inherited-form mentionspīwanang
- Inherited-form mention*spīwangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*spīwanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*(s)ptyēw-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionspiten
- Cognate mentionspijefy
- Cognate mentionspuiennl
- Cognate mentionspuwennl
- Cognate mentionspeennds
- Cognate mentionspeiende
- Cognate mentionspysv
- Cognate mentionspyda
- Cognate mentionspýggjafo
- Cognate mention𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽got
- Cognate mentionspuōla
- Cognate mentionπτύωgrc
- Cognate mentionfytsq
- Cognate mentionթուքhy
- Cognate mentionплева́тьru
- Cognate mentionتفfa
- Cognate mentionष्ठीवतिsa
This page abbreviates 5 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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