Where does “spōn” come from?

spōn (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic *spānu, from Proto-Germanic spēnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peH-.

spōn (Old Frisian): chip, splinter

Definitions

  1. chip, splinter

Ancestry of “spōn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*spānu—
2Proto-Germanicspēnuzpiece of wood; chip, shaving
3Proto-Indo-European*(s)peH-—

Words derived from “spōn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spēnuz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *spānu →