Where does “inspannen” come from?

inspannen (Dutch) comes from Dutch in, from Middle Dutch in, from Old Dutch in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

inspannen (Dutch): to put horses, ponies, donkeys or oxen in front...

Definitions

  1. to put horses, ponies, donkeys or oxen in front...

Ancestry of “inspannen”, step by step

inspannen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch in

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchinin, inside; into; in; expressing containment
2Middle Dutchinin, inside, within; into; within
3Old Dutchin—
4Proto-West Germanic*in—
5Proto-Germanicinin; into
6Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

via Dutch spannen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspannento strain, to put tension on; to stretch
2Middle Dutchspannen
3Old Dutchspannan—
4Proto-Germanicspannanąto stretch, span

Words derived from “inspannen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European én →Every word from Proto-Germanic in →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *in →