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spy

Pronunciation: /spyː/

“spy” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:

verb

  1. to throw up, to puke, to vomit

Etymology

From Old Swedish spȳia, spȳa, spȳ, from Old Norse spýja, from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”). Compare Norwegian and Danish spy, Icelandic spýja, English spew, Dutch spuwen, German speien.

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