Where does “Spannweite” come from?
Spannweite (German) comes from German Spann, from Middle Low German spân, from English Spander, from English Spike, from Middle Dutch spīker, from Old Dutch spīkāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium.
Spannweite (German): wingspan, span; span
Definitions
- wingspan, span; span
Ancestry of “Spannweite”, step by step
Spannweite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Spann
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spann | instep |
| 2 | Middle Low German | spân | — |
| 3 | English | Spander | The ship of characters Spike and Xander Harris from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 4 | English | Spike | A sort of very large nail |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | spīker | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | spīkāri | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | spīkārī | granary |
| 8 | Latin | spicarium | granary |
| 9 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 10 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |