Where does “spennen” come from?

spennen (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German spinnen, from Old Saxon *spinnan, 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.

spennen (Plautdietsch): to spin, to weave

Definitions

  1. to spin, to weave

Ancestry of “spennen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanspinnen—
2Old Saxon*spinnan—
3Proto-West Germanicspinnanto spin
4Proto-Germanicspinnanąto spin
5Proto-Indo-European(s)pénh₁-ne-—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)penh₁-to twist; to weave

Words derived from “spennen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spinnaną →
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