Where does “spâen” come from?
spâen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch spān, from Proto-West Germanic spanu, from Proto-Germanic spenô, from Proto-Indo-European psten-os-, from Proto-Indo-European pstḗn, from Proto-Indo-European ph₂ǵ-sth₂-ḗn, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
Ancestry of “spâen”, step by step
Words derived from “spâen”