Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *sprīþanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_sprīþaną
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*(s)perh₁-
verbStrong class 1to break up, become scatteredFrom pre-Germanic *spreyt-, of uncertain origin, with no certain cognates outside of Germanic; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)perh₁- (‘to kick’) + *-ey- + *-t-. Variant stem *sprīt- influenced by iterative *spritt-.