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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spannijaną

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

From *spannaną + *-janą.

Verb

*spannijaną[1]

  1. to cause to stretch

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *spannijan
    • Old Saxon: *spennian
      • Middle Low German: spennen
    • Old High German: *spennen
      • Middle High German: spennen[2]
  • Old Norse: spenna

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*spannjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 362
  2. spannen” in Duden online
  3. spänna in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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