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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanspanna—
2Proto-Germanicspannōspan, handbreadth
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “spanne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spannō →Every word from Old High German spanna →