Where does “spanne” come from?
spanne (Middle High German) comes from Old High German spanna, from Proto-Germanic spannō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
Ancestry of “spanne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | spanna | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | spannō | span, handbreadth |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
Words derived from “spanne”