Where does “spān” come from?

spān (German) comes from Middle High German spān, from Old High German spān, from Proto-Germanic spēnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peH-.

spān (German): chip; shaving; clipping small, usually flat, cut-off piece

Definitions

  1. chip; shaving; clipping small, usually flat, cut-off piece

Ancestry of “spān”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanspān—
2Old High Germanspānchip of wood, shaving
3Proto-Germanicspēnuzpiece of wood; chip, shaving
4Proto-Indo-European*(s)peH-—

Words derived from “spān”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spēnuz →Every word from Old High German spān →