An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/spreizen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

spreizen

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2553697An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — spreizenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

spreizen, verb, ‘to spread open, stride,’ earlier Modern High German spreutzen, literally ‘to stretch upwards like a prop or buttress,’ from Middle High German and Old High German spriutzen ‘to properly support.’ Allied to Middle High German spriuȥ, ‘buttress,’ which is derived from the stem of sprietzen.