Where does “spannjan” come from?

spannjan (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic spannō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

Ancestry of “spannjan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspannōspan, handbreadth
2Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “spannjan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →