FromMiddle Dutchspenen,spanen, fromOld Dutch*spennen,*spanōn, fromProto-West Germanic*spanōn,*spannjan, fromProto-Germanic*spanōną,*spanjaną(“to wean”), fromProto-Germanic*spanō,*spenô(“teat, nipple”); equivalent tospeen +-en. Cognate withMiddle Low Germanspenen,spānen,spōnen(“to wean”),Middle High Germanspenen(“to wean”),Middle Englishspanen (whenceEnglishspane,spean(“to wean”)).
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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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Fromspenden, with the/d/ of that verb reinterpreted as the past-tense suffix-de.
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1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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