Where does “spindel” come from?

spindel (Old English) comes from Old English spinel, from Proto-West Germanic spinnilu, from Proto-West Germanic spinnan, from Proto-Germanic spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- — to twist; to weave.

Ancestry of “spindel”, step by step

spindel traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English spinel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishspinelspindle
2Proto-West Germanicspinniluspindle
3Proto-West Germanicspinnanto spin
4Proto-Germanicspinnanąto spin
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pénh₁-ne-—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)penh₁-to twist; to weave

via Old English spinl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishspinlspindle

via Old English spinil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishspinil—

Words derived from “spindel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spinnaną →