Spun
/spʌn/noun
Past tense and past participle of spin; turned or twisted rapidly, or formed by twisting fibers into thread.
Did you know?English spin comes from a very old Germanic root meaning to draw out and twist fibers, and that same root helped shape words tied to spinning, weaving, and making thread across the Germanic world.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*spen-
“to draw out, spin, or twist”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*spinnaną
“to spin, draw out fibers into thread”
Old English
OE
spinnan
“to spin, twist into thread”
Middle English
ME
spunnen
“to spin, turn rapidly”
Modern English
English
spun
“past tense and past participle of spin”