Where does “snelspanner” come from?

snelspanner (Dutch) comes from Dutch snel, from Middle Dutch snel, from Old Dutch snel, from Proto-West Germanic *snell, from Proto-Germanic snellaz, from Proto-Indo-European snedʰlos.

snelspanner (Dutch): quick release lever

Definitions

  1. quick release lever

Ancestry of “snelspanner”, step by step

snelspanner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch snel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsnelfast, quick, rapid
2Middle Dutchsnelfast, quick, rapid
3Old Dutchsnelquick, rapid
4Proto-West Germanic*snell—
5Proto-Germanicsnellazactive, bold, quick
6Proto-Indo-Europeansnedʰlos—

via Dutch spannen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspannento strain, to put tension on; to stretch
2Middle Dutchspannen
3Old Dutchspannan—
4Proto-Germanicspannanąto stretch, span
Every word from Proto-Indo-European snedʰlos →
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