Spray
early 17th century (earlier as spry ): related to Middle Dutch spra(e)yen ‘sprinkle’.
wiktionary
From Middle Dutch sprāien, sprayen, spraeyen(“to spray, sprinkle, spread”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sprēwijaną(“to spray, sprinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper-(“to sow, scatter”). Cognate with Middle High German spræjen, spræwen(“to squirt, spray, dust, splash, straw”), Danish dialectal språe(“to open up, burst forth”), Swedish dialectal språ(“to sprout, shoot forth, burst”), Norwegian dialectal spra, spræ(“to splash, splatter, spout, burst forth”), Dutch sproeien(“to spray, sprinkle”), German sprühen(“to spray, sparkle”).
From Middle English spray, from Old English *spræg, sprei (found in place names such as that of Spreyton, England), of unknown origin.
etymonline
spray (v.)
"sprinkle liquid in drops," 1520s, from Middle Dutch sprayen, from Proto-Germanic *sprewjan (source also of German sprühen "to sparkle, drizzle," Spreu "chaff," literally "that which flies about"), from extended form of PIE root *sper- (4) "to sow, scatter" (see sprout (v.)). Related: Sprayed; spraying.
spray (n.1)
"small branch," mid-13c., of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English spræc "shoot, twig" (see sprig), and compare Danish sprag in same sense.
spray (n.2)
"water blown by waves," 1620s, from spray (v.).
