Where does “spenden” come from?

spenden (Middle English) comes from Old English spendan, from Proto-West Germanic spendōn, from Latin expendō, from Latin pendō, from Proto-Italic pendō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

spenden (Middle English): to spend

Definitions

  1. to spend

Ancestry of “spenden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishspendanto spend
2Proto-West Germanicspendōnto spend
3Latinexpendōto weigh
4Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
5Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
6Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “spenden”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti →Every word from Proto-Italic pendō →
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