Where does “spān” come from?

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

spān (Old High German): chip of wood, shaving

Definitions

  1. chip of wood, shaving

Ancestry of “spān”, step by step

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

Words derived from “spān”

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