Where does “Spannrahmen” come from?

Spannrahmen (German) comes from German Rahmen, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Spannrahmen (German): tenter

Definitions

  1. tenter

Ancestry of “Spannrahmen”, step by step

Spannrahmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Rahmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRahmenframe, scope
2German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via German spannen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspannento stretch; to tighten; to tension
2Middle High Germanspannento stretch, tighten
3Old High Germanspannan—
4Proto-Germanicspannanąto stretch, span
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →