Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA teat or nipple of a cow.
From Middle English *spene, *spane, from Old English spane, spanu (“teat”), from Proto-West Germanic *spanu, *spenu, from Proto-Germanic *spenô (“nipple”), from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“breast; teat”). Cognate with West Frisian spien (“nipple”), Dutch speen (“nipple”), Danish spene (“teat”), Swedish spene (“teat, nipple, dug”), Icelandic speni (“teat”). Alternatively a borrowing from Dutch speen (“nipple, teat”), from the same Proto-Germanic origin as above.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mention*speneenm
- Inherited-form mentionspaneang
- Inherited-form mention*spanugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*spenôgem-pro · nipple
- Derivation mention*pstḗnine-pro · breast; teat
- Cognate mentionspienfy · nipple
- Cognate mentionspeennl · nipple
- Cognate mentionspeneda · teat
- Cognate mentionspenesv · teat, nipple, dug
- Cognate mentionspeniis · teat
- Borrowed-form mentionspeennl · nipple, teat
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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