Proto-Germanic: *spinnan-; *spun=; *spin[i]lō(n); *spinniō(n)
Meaning: spin
Gothic: *spinnan st. `spin'
Old Norse: spinna st. `spinnen'; gull-spuni m. `gesponnenes Gold'
Norwegian: spinna vb.; spune, spone
Swedish: spinna vb.; dial. spone, spuna
Danish: spinde vb.
Old English: spinnan `spinnen'; spinel `Spindel'
English: spin; spindle
Old Saxon: spinnila
Middle Dutch: spinne
Dutch: spinnen; spin f.
Middle Low German: spinnen; spinne; spindel, spinnel
Old High German: spinnan (8.Jh.) `spinnen', spinula, spenula (9.Jh.), { spinala } `Spindel', spindel (Hs. 13. Jh.); spinna (10.Jh.); { uspunna f. `ungesponnenes Flachs' }
Middle High German: spinnen st. 'spinnen'; spinne wk. f. 'spinne; spinnerin'; spinnel, spindel, spinele, spille st./wk. f. 'spindel'
German: spinnen, Spinne f., Spindel f.
