Etymograph

English

hand spinner

From hand + spinner; compare French hand spinner, or Japanese ハンドスピナー (hando supinā).

A compound of hand + spinner

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénh₁-ne-

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Proto-West Germanic *spinnan ‘to spin’

Old English spinnan ‘to spin’

Middle English spinnen ‘to spin or convert fibre into yarn’

Middle English spynnere ‘a spinner’

English spinner

Today it means

noun fidget spinner

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hand spinner