Where does “þansōn” come from?

þansōn (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European tens-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

þansōn (Proto-West Germanic): to draw, pull, stretch

Definitions

  1. to draw, pull, stretch

Ancestry of “þansōn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantens-to stretch
2Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “þansōn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tens- →
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