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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/spreizen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
spreizen
Friedrich Kluge2510119An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — spreizen1891John Francis Davis

spreizen, vb., ‘to spread open, stride,’ earlier ModHG. spreutzen, lit. ‘to stretch upwards like a prop or buttress,’ from MidHG. and OHG. spriutzen ‘to prop. support.’ Allied to MidHG. spriuȥ, ‘buttress,’ which is derived from the stem of sprietzen.