spraddle
English
/ˈspɹad(ə)l/, /ˈspɹadl̩/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To spread apart (the legs).
- (transitive) To spread apart the legs of (someone or something).
- (intransitive) To lie, move, or stand with legs spread.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *spraddelen, spradden inherited from Old English sprǣdan (spread, expand, outspread, stretch forth) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (sprinkle, sow, strew) suffix from English spread root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per- (sprinkle, sow, strew).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)per-
Gloss
sprinkle, sow, strew
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Spreadhead English
- antispread English
- aspread English
- bandspread English
- bedspread English
- bespread English
- broadspread English
- centerspread English
- despread English
- dispread English
- forespread English
- forspread English
- legged English
- midspread English
- outspread English
- overspread English
- photospread English
- respread English
- spraddlelegged English
- spread English
- spreadability English
- spreadable English
- spreadee English
- spreader English
- spreadest English
- spreadeth English
- spreadly English
- spreadsheet English
- spreadwing English
- spready English
- underspread English
- unspread English
- upspread English
- widespread English
- wingspread English
- spredi Finnish
- spread Italian
- *(s)per- Proto-Indo-European
- *fraiwą Proto-Germanic
- *spraidijaną Proto-Germanic
- ofersprædan Old English
- spryttan Old English
- sprǣdan Old English
- *spraddelen Middle English
- spradden Middle English
- spreden Middle English
- spread
- legged
- aspread
- spready
- unspread
- spreader
- despread
- upspread
- respread
- spreadly
- dispread
- bespread
- spreadee
- forspread
- bedspread
- outspread
- spreadeth
- spreadest
- midspread
- spreadwing
- widespread
- wingspread
- Spreadhead
- overspread
- forespread
- antispread
- spreadable
- bandspread
- broadspread
- underspread
- spreadsheet
- photospread
- centerspread
- spreadability
- spraddlelegged