Etymology · Proto-Germanic
*spinnaną
3 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, most common first.
- spinTo rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
- spiderAny of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
- spanThe full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.