Where does “spanschroef” come from?

spanschroef (Dutch) comes from Dutch schroef, from Middle French escroue, from Old French escroe, from Latin scrofa, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

spanschroef (Dutch): turnbuckle

Definitions

  1. turnbuckle

Ancestry of “spanschroef”, step by step

spanschroef traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch schroef

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschroefscrew; A ship's propeller; An Archimedes screw
2Middle Frenchescrouepiece, strip (of something)
3Old Frenchescroepiece, strip (of something)
4Latinscrofasow
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kerbʰ-to scratch, scrape
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

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 sek- →