sprit
English
noun
Definitions
- (nautical) A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
- A shoot; a sprout.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sprēot (pike, spear, pole) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sprut-.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sprut-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sail English
- spritsail English
- boegspriet Dutch, Flemish
- grasspriet Dutch, Flemish
- spriet Dutch, Flemish
- voelspriet Dutch, Flemish
- zwijnsspriet Dutch, Flemish
- *sprut- Proto-Germanic
- spreot Old English
- sprēot Old English
- spriet Middle Dutch