An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/sprühen

by Friedrich Kluge

sprühen, verb, ‘to emit sparks, sparkle,’ firs recorded in Modern High German, but Middle High German *sprüejen, Old High German *spruowen, are to be assumed. Its connection with Middle High German sprœwen, ‘to fly as dust,’ and Modern High German Spreu, leads to the root sprī̆w (sprō̆w), ‘to be scattered as dust'; see further spröde.