Etymograph

English

handspinner

From hand + spinner.

Formed from 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 Someone who spins yarn from loose fiber by hand.

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

Etymograph / handspinner