Spew

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Old English spīwan, spēowan, of Germanic origin; related to German speien .

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From Middle English spewen, from Old English spīwan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw-(“to spit, vomit”); Germanic cognates include English spit, West Frisian spije, 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(tʿukʿ), Russian плева́ть(plevátʹ), Persian تف‎ (tuf), Sanskrit ष्ठीवति(ṣṭhī́vati).

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spew (v.)

Old English spiwan "spew, spit," from Proto-Germanic *spiew- (source also of Old Saxon spiwan, Old Norse spyja, Old Frisian spiwa, Middle Dutch spijen, Dutch spuwen, Old High German spiwan, German speien, Gothic spiewan "to spit"), from PIE *sp(y)eu- "to spew, spit," probably ultimately of imitative origin (source also of Latin spuere; Greek ptuein, Doric psyttein; Old Church Slavonic pljuja, Russian plevati; Lithuanian spiauti). Also in Old English as a weak verb, speowan. Related: Spewed; spewing.

spew (n.)

"vomited matter," c. 1600, from spew (v.).