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

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

Words derived from “spǫnn

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend-Every word from Proto-Germanic spannō