Where does “ontspinnen” come from?

ontspinnen (Dutch) comes from Dutch spin, from English spin, from Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- — to twist; to weave.

ontspinnen (Dutch): to occur, to arise

Definitions

  1. to occur, to arise

Ancestry of “ontspinnen”, step by step

ontspinnen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch spin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspinspider, member of the order Araneae; particle...
2EnglishspinTo rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction
3Middle EnglishspinnenTo spin or convert fibre into yarn; To make...
4Old Englishspinnanto spin
5Proto-Germanicspinnanąto spin
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pénh₁-ne-
7Proto-Indo-European(s)penh₁-to twist; to weave

via Dutch spinnen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspinnento spin: make yarn by twisting and winding fibres...
2Middle Dutchspinnento spin, to make yarn by twisting and winding...
3Old Dutchspinnanto spin
4Proto-West Germanicspinnanto spin

via Dutch ont- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchont- -enForms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to remove (noun) from, to rid of (noun), to de-(noun)"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne-Every word from Proto-Germanic spinnaną
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