spewen
Middle English
/ˈspiu̯ən/
verb
Definitions
- To spew, or puke; to regurgitate partially-digested food:
- To shoot or regurgitate spit out of one's mouth; to spit.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English spīwan (spit, vomit) inherited from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*spīwaną
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bespew English
- spew English
- spewage English
- spewer English
- spewest English
- speweth English
- spewy English
- *(s)ptyēw- Proto-Indo-European
- *spīwaną Proto-Germanic
- spiwan Old English
- spīwan Old English
- spewyng Middle English
- spýja Old Norse
- spīwan Old High German
- 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *spīwan Old Dutch
- spiwan Old Saxon
- spīwan Old Saxon
- spīa Old Frisian