spinnen
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to spin, to make yarn by twisting and winding fibres together
- to spin web, silk etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *spinnan inherited from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną (spin).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*spinnaną
Gloss
spin
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aanspinnen Dutch, Flemish
- omspinnen Dutch, Flemish
- ontspinnen Dutch, Flemish
- spil Dutch, Flemish
- spindel Dutch, Flemish
- spinhuis Dutch, Flemish
- spinnen Dutch, Flemish
- spinner Dutch, Flemish
- spinnewiel Dutch, Flemish
- spinster Dutch, Flemish
- spintepel Dutch, Flemish
- verspinnen Dutch, Flemish
- *spinnaną Proto-Germanic
- *wabją Proto-Germanic
- spinnan Old English
- spinna Old Norse
- spinnan Old High German
- 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *spinþrō gmw-pro
- *spinnan Old Dutch
- Spinnenwebb Low German