Where does “spǫnn” come from?
spǫnn (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic spannō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
Ancestry of “spǫnn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | spannō | span, handbreadth |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |