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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/spucken

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
spucken
Friedrich Kluge2510135An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — spucken1891John Francis Davis

spucken, vb., ‘to haunt’ (of a ghost), ModHG. only; its early history cannot be discovered; how it is connected with the root spī̆w (see speien) is uncertain.