Where does “sponn” come from?

sponn (Old Frisian) comes from Old Norse spǫnn, from Proto-Germanic spannō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.

Ancestry of “sponn”, step by step

sponn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse spǫnn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsespǫnn—
2Proto-Germanicspannōspan, handbreadth
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

via Proto-Germanic spanną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspanną—

Words derived from “sponn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spannō →Every word from Old Norse spǫnn →