Where does “forspendan” come from?
forspendan (Old 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.
forspendan (Old English): to spend utterly; spend away, consume, exhaust...
Definitions
- to spend utterly; spend away, consume, exhaust...
Ancestry of “forspendan”, step by step
forspendan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English spendan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | spendan | to spend |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | spendōn | to spend |
| 3 | Latin | expendō | to weigh |
| 4 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via Old English fōr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | fōr | journey; going, course, journey |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | furi | for; before; forward |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | furi | for, before; before, forward |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |