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
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Words derived from “spendan”