Where does “šponovat” come from?

šponovat (Czech) comes from German spannen, from Middle High German spannen, from Old High German spannan, from Proto-Germanic spannaną — to stretch, span.

šponovat (Czech): to tighten

Definitions

  1. to tighten

Ancestry of “šponovat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspannento stretch; to tighten; to tension
2Middle High Germanspannento stretch, tighten
3Old High Germanspannan—
4Proto-Germanicspannanąto stretch, span
Every word from Proto-Germanic spannaną →Every word from Old High German spannan →Every word from Middle High German spannen →