Where does “Spann” come from?
Spann (German) comes from Middle Low German spân, from English Spander, from English Spike, from Middle Dutch spīker, from Old Dutch spīkāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium, from Latin -ārium.
Spann (German): instep
Definitions
- instep
Ancestry of “Spann”, step by step
Spann traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German spân
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | spân | — |
| 2 | English | Spander | The ship of characters Spike and Xander Harris from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
| 3 | English | Spike | A sort of very large nail |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | spīker | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | spīkāri | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | spīkārī | granary |
| 7 | Latin | spicarium | granary |
| 8 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 9 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |