spane
See also: Späne
English edit
Etymology edit
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).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
spane (third-person singular simple present spanes, present participle spaning, simple past and past participle spaned)
- (obsolete, UK, dialect) To wean; to spean.
- to spane a child
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:spane.
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- “spane”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Lower Sorbian edit
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Participle edit
spane
- inflection of spany:
Middle English edit
Noun edit
spane
- Alternative form of spanne
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *spanô, *spenô. See English spean.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spane f
Declension edit
Declension of spane (weak)