spane

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*pstḗn“breast; teat”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*spanō
3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*spanōną
4. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*spanōn
5. Middle Low German · derived fromspānen
6. Middle Dutch · derived fromspanen
7. Middle English · inherited fromspanen
8. English todayspane

From Middle English spanen, probably from Middle Dutch spanen, spenen or Middle Low German spānen, spēnen, spōnen (“to wean”), ultimately from the merger of Proto-West Germanic *spanōn and *spannjan, from Proto-Germanic *spanōną and *spanjaną (“to wean”), from Proto-Germanic *spanō, *spenô (“teat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“breast; teat”). Cognate with Dutch spenen (“to wean”), German spänen (“to wean”), Old French espanir (“to wean”) (from Germanic).

Words from the same roots