spiiwe

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German spīwan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”). Cognate with German speien, Dutch spuwen, English spew, Swedish spy.

Verb

spiiwe

1. (Uri) to spit

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 24.