Where does “Verkaufsspanne” come from?

Verkaufsspanne (German) comes from German spänne, from Middle High German spanne, from Old High German spanna, from Proto-Germanic spannō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

Verkaufsspanne (German): sales margin; selling margin the markup added to the purchase price or production cost to arrive at the final selling price

Definitions

  1. sales margin; selling margin the markup added to the purchase price or production cost to arrive at the final selling price

Ancestry of “Verkaufsspanne”, step by step

Verkaufsspanne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German spänne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspännefirst/third-person singular subjunctive II of...
2Middle High Germanspanne
3Old High Germanspanna
4Proto-Germanicspannōspan, handbreadth
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

via German verkauf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverkaufsale
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend-