Where does “gespannan” come from?

gespannan (Old English) comes from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

gespannan (Old English): to span, clasp, fasten, join; attach; link

Definitions

  1. to span, clasp, fasten, join; attach; link

Ancestry of “gespannan”, step by step

gespannan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English spannan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishspannanto span, clasp, fasten, attach, join, link; to...
2Proto-Germanicspannanąto stretch, span
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →