Where does “spanraam” come from?

spanraam (Dutch) comes from Dutch raam, from Middle Dutch rame, from Old Saxon hrama, from Proto-West Germanic *hramu — (timber) frame.

spanraam (Dutch): stretcher bar

Definitions

  1. stretcher bar

Ancestry of “spanraam”, step by step

spanraam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch raam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchraamwindow; frame, framework, context; estimate
2Middle Dutchrame—
3Old Saxonhramaframe, framework
4Proto-West Germanic*hramu(timber) frame

via Dutch spannen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspannento strain, to put tension on; to stretch
2Middle Dutchspannen
3Old Dutchspannan—
4Proto-Germanicspannanąto stretch, span
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hramu →