Where does “þansōn” come from?

þansōn (Frankish) comes from Proto-West Germanic þansōn, from Proto-Indo-European tens-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

þansōn (Frankish): to draw, pull, stretch; to draw, pull, stretch...

Definitions

  1. to draw, pull, stretch; to draw, pull, stretch...

Ancestry of “þansōn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþansōnto draw, pull, stretch
2Proto-Indo-Europeantens-to stretch
3Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “þansōn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tens- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þansōn →