spann
Old English
noun
Definitions
- span (of a hand; used as a measurement, typically considered about nine inches)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *spannō (handbreadth, span) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (pull, spin, stretch).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)pend-
Gloss
pull, spin, stretch
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- appendage English
- compendious English
- expenditure English
- impending English
- pendant English
- pendent English
- postpend English
- prepend English
- propend English
- span English
- suspend English
- circumpendeo Latin
- compendium Latin
- dependeo Latin
- dē- Latin
- expendere Latin
- expendo Latin
- expendō Latin
- impendeo Latin
- impendere Latin
- pendēre Latin
- ponderare Latin
- praependeo Latin
- propendeo Latin
- pēnsiōnem Latin
- stipendium Latin
- suspendo Latin
- Aufmerksamkeitsspanne German
- Betriebstemperaturspanne German
- Spanne German
- Zeitspanne German
- spendieren German
- pensionare Italian
- penchant French
- *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)pn̥d-éh₁ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)pénd-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)pénd-os Proto-Indo-European
- *pend- Proto-Indo-European
- *wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *fintô Proto-Germanic
- *spannō Proto-Germanic
- *spānnõ Proto-Germanic
- appenden Middle English
- spanne Middle English
- spǫnn Old Norse
- *pędь Proto-Slavic
- spönn Icelandic
- spanna Old High German
- spanne Middle High German
- *pendēō Proto-Italic
- *spannjan Frankish