Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/spanjaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology 1
editVerb
edit*spanjaną[1]
Inflection
editConjugation of *spanjaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom *spanō (“nipple”) + *-janą.
Alternative forms
editVerb
edit*spanjaną
- to wean
Inflection
editConjugation of *spanjaną (weak class 1)
Related terms
editDescendants
editNote: Some descendants show interference with related verbs *spanōną, *spenōną, and *spunōną.
- Proto-West Germanic: *spannjan, *spinnjan, *spunnjan
- Old Saxon: spennian
- Old Dutch: *spennen
- → Old French: espanir
- Old High German: *spennen
- Middle High German: *spennen, spenen
- German: spänen (dialectal)
- ⇒ Middle High German: *abespennen, abespenen
- ⇒ Old High German: bispennen
- Middle High German: *bespennen, bespenen
- ⇒ Old High German: intspennen, inspennen
- Middle High German: entspennen, entspenen
- Middle High German: *spennen, spenen
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*spanjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 362