Proto-Germanic

*spinnaną

‘to spin’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *spinnaną.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, most familiar first.

• spin ← spinnen ← spinnan
• spider ← spithre ← spīþra ← *spinþrijō
• span ← spann ← *spann
• spinner ← spynnere ← spinnen ← spinnan ← *spinnan
• spindle ← spyndel ← spinl ← *spinnilu ← *spinnan
• spinster ← spynnestere ← spinnen ← spinnan ← *spinnan
• spinel ← *spinnilu ← *spinnan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *spinnaną