Where does “spendan” come from?

spendan (Old English) comes 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.

spendan (Old English): to spend

Definitions

  1. to spend

Ancestry of “spendan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicspendōnto spend
2Latinexpendōto weigh
3Latinpendōto weigh, weigh out
4Proto-Italicpendōhang, put in a hanging position
5Proto-Indo-European(s)péndeti—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “spendan”

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