Potentially attested as early as 1179 as <span class="searchmatch">spankeren</span>, attested with certainty as <span class="searchmatch">spankeren</span> in 1307. Etymology unclear. Perhaps a compound derived from Middle...
Gelderland, Netherlands) Meronyms: De Steeg, Dieren, Ellecom, Laag-Soeren, <span class="searchmatch">Spankeren</span>, Velp Rhedenaar Rhedens van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse...
spankje (“to splash”), dialectal Dutch spanken (“to limp, hobble”), Dutch <span class="searchmatch">spankeren</span> (“to run away quickly, gallop off”), German Low German spenkern (“to burst...