Where does “span-new” come from?

span-new (Middle English) comes from Old Norse span-nyr, from Old Norse spann — chip.

span-new (Middle English): very new

Definitions

  1. very new

Ancestry of “span-new”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsespan-nyr—
2Old Norsespannchip

Words derived from “span-new”

Every word from Old Norse spann →Every word from Old Norse span-nyr →
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