sputen.
to hurry, to make haste
Meaning & usage
to hurry, to make haste
Where this word comes from
17th century, at first alongside spuden, both secondary adaptations of Middle Low German spôden, from Old Saxon spōdian, from Proto-West Germanic *spōdijan, derived from *spōdi (“prosperity, success”), itself from the verb *spōan, from Proto-Germanic *spōaną (“to prosper, succeed, be happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, turn out well”). The West Germanic verb had a cognate in Old High German spuoten, which however remained without continuation. Cognate with Dutch spoeden, English speed.
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