1670s, perhaps a variant of sputter, intensified by the consonant cluster of splash, splatter, etc.
splutter v.
1728, from splutter (n.). Related: Spluttered; spluttering.
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sputter v.
1590s, "to spit with explosive sounds," cognate with Dutch sputteren, West Frisian sputterje, from Proto-Germanic *sput- (see spout (v.)). Related: Sputtered; sputtering. The noun is attested from 1670s.