English
spinnerule
From spinner + -ule.
Formed from spinner + -ule
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénh₁-ne-
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Proto-West Germanic *spinnan ‘to spin’
Old English spinnan ‘to spin’
Middle English spinnen ‘to spin or convert fibre into yarn’
Middle English spynnere ‘a spinner’
English spinner
Today it means
noun One of the small tubes on the spinnerets of spiders.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “spinnerule”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / spinnerule