Where does “spān” come from?

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

Ancestry of “spān”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanspānchip of wood, shaving
2Proto-Germanicspēnuzpiece of wood; chip, shaving
3Proto-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 →