Proto-Indo-European

*(s)per-

‘to strew, sow, sprinkle’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, most familiar first.

• spread ← spreden ← sprǣdan ← *spraidijan ← *spraidijaną
• spray ← sprāien ← *sprēwijaną
• fry ← frie ← frjó ← *fraiwą
• spurt ← sprit ← sprytten ← spryttan ← *spruttjan
• overspread ← overspreden ← ofersprǣdan ← sprǣdan ← *spraidijan
• spraddle ← *spraddelen ← spradden ← sprǣdan ← *spraidijan
• spreckle ← sprekle ← sprecel ← *sprekl ← *sprekla-

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-