Where does “spinnen” come from?

spinnen (German) comes from Middle High German spinnen, from Old High German spinnan, from Proto-West Germanic spinnan, from Proto-Germanic spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- — to twist; to weave.

spinnen (German): to spin; to fabricate; to be crazy

Definitions

  1. to spin; to fabricate; to be crazy

Ancestry of “spinnen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspinnen—
2Old High Germanspinnan—
3Proto-West Germanicspinnanto spin
4Proto-Germanicspinnanąto spin
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pénh₁-ne-—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)penh₁-to twist; to weave

Words derived from “spinnen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spinnaną →