Where does “spanu” come from?
spanu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic spenô, from Proto-Indo-European psten-os-, from Proto-Indo-European pstḗn, from Proto-Indo-European ph₂ǵ-sth₂-ḗn, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
Ancestry of “spanu”, step by step
Words derived from “spanu”