Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo wean; to spean.
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).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionspanenenm
- Derivation mentionspanendum
- Derivation mentionspānengml
- Derivation mention*spanōngmw-pro
- Derivation mention*spanōnągem-pro
- Derivation mention*spanōgem-pro
- Derivation mention*pstḗnine-pro · breast; teat
- Cognate mentionspenennl · to wean
- Cognate mentionspänende · to wean
- Cognate mentionespanirfro · to wean
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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