spane

From Middle English spanen, probably from Middle Dutch spanen, spenen or Middle Low German spānen, spēnen, spōnen (“to wean”), ultimately from the merger of Proto-West Germanic *spanōn and *spannjan, from Proto-Germanic *spanōną and *spanjaną (“to wean”), from Proto-Germanic *spanō, *spenô (“teat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“breast; teat”). Cognate with Dutch spenen (“to wean”), German spänen (“to wean”), Old French espanir (“to wean”) (from Germanic).

• enPR: spān, IPA^(key): /speɪn/

spane (third-person singular simple present spanes, present participle spaning, simple past and past participle spaned)

1. (obsolete, UK, dialect) To wean; to spean.

   to spane a child

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:spane.

• spean, spain

• “spane”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Aspen, NAPEs, Panes, Snape, Spean, aspen, napes, neaps, panes, peans, snape, sneap, spean

• IPA^(key): /ˈspanɛ/, [ˈspanə]

spane

1. inflection of spany:
   1. nominative/accusative singular neuter
   2. nominative/accusative plural

spane

1. alternative form of spanne

• spanu

From Proto-Germanic *spanô, *spenô. See English spean.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɑ.ne/

spane f

1. (anatomy) teat

Weak n-stem:

• Middle English: *spane, *spene
  • English: spene, speen (dialectal)