Where does “spenta” come from?

spenta (Old High German) 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.

Ancestry of “spenta”, step by step

spenta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic spendōn

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

via Proto-Albanian spenda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianspenda—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspand-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)péndeti →Every word from Proto-Italic pendō →