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Where does “[[spinnila]], [[spinnela]], [[spinnala]], [[spinula]]” come from?

[[spinnila]], [[spinnela]], [[spinnala]], [[spinula]] (Old High German) comes 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 “[[spinnila]], [[spinnela]], [[spinnala]], [[spinula]]”, step by step

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