Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Circular motion, usually rapid. · A state of confusion or disorientation. · A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment. · A novel, creative variation of an existing thing or type; a twist.
To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. · To enter, or remain in, a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode). · To cause one's aircraft to enter or remain in a spin (abnormal stalled flight mode). · To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together.
From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-. Cognates Cognate with Dutch, German spinnen (“to spin”), Luxembourgish spannen (“to spin”), Yiddish שפּינען (shpinen, “spin”), Danish spinde (“to spin”), Faroese, Icelandic and Swedish spinna (“to spin”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk spinne (“to spin”), Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (spinnan, “to spin”).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionspinnenenm
- Inherited-form mentionspinnanang
- Inherited-form mention*spinnanągem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*(s)penh₁-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionspinnende · to spin
- Cognate mentionspannenlb · to spin
- Cognate mentionשפּינעןyi · spin
- Cognate mentionspindeda · to spin
- Cognate mentionspinnasv · to spin
- Cognate mentionspinnenn · to spin
- Cognate mention𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽got · to spin
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