Where does “Fixspoun” come from?

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

Fixspoun (Luxembourgish): match, matchstick

Definitions

  1. match, matchstick

Ancestry of “Fixspoun”, step by step

Fixspoun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Spoun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishSpounshaving; chip
2Middle High Germanspān—
3Old High Germanspānchip of wood, shaving
4Proto-Germanicspēnuzpiece of wood; chip, shaving
5Proto-Indo-European*(s)peH-—

via Luxembourgish fix

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishfixfirm, fixed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spēnuz →Every word from Old High German spān →