Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spannaną
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Originally a strong verb of the seventh class, the long -n- comes from an earlier form *spanwaną-. Ultimately an ablautive form from the same source as *spinnaną (“to spin”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*spannaną[2]
Inflection
Conjugation of *spannaną (strong class 7c)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Old English: spannan
- Old Frisian: spanna, sponna
- Old Saxon: spannan
- Old Dutch: *spannan
- Old High German: spannan
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “spannen1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*spannan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 465