Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spinnaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénh₁-ne-, from *(s)penh₁- (“to spin thread, plait, weave, sew; to stretch”). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *pínˀtei (“to stretch”), and Old Armenian հենում (henum, “to weave, sew together”). Potentially a doublet of *spannaną (“to stretch, tighten, fasten”) and/or *fanô (“cloth”).
Pronunciation
Verb
- to spin
Inflection
Conjugation of *spinnaną (strong class 3)
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *spinnan
- Old Norse: spinna
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (spinnan)