Where does “vingespenn” come from?
vingespenn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål spenn, from Swedish spann, from English Spander, from English Spike, from Middle Dutch spīker, from Old Dutch spīkāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium.
vingespenn (Norwegian Bokmål): a wingspan distance between wingtips of a bird or an aircraft
Definitions
- a wingspan distance between wingtips of a bird or an aircraft
Ancestry of “vingespenn”, step by step
vingespenn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål spenn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | spenn | a span |
| 2 | Swedish | spann | bucket, pail; a measure of volume, corresponding... |
| 3 | English | Spander | The ship of characters Spike and Xander Harris from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 4 | English | Spike | A sort of very large nail |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | spīker | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | spīkāri | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | spīkārī | granary |
| 8 | Latin | spicarium | granary |
| 9 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 10 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |