Where does “szpan” come from?

szpan (Polish) comes from Polish szpanować, from German spannen, from Middle High German spannen, from Old High German spannan, from Proto-Germanic spannaną — to stretch, span.

szpan (Polish): skite

Definitions

  1. skite

Ancestry of “szpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishszpanowaćto show off
2Germanspannento stretch; to tighten; to tension
3Middle High Germanspannento stretch, tighten
4Old High Germanspannan—
5Proto-Germanicspannanąto stretch, span

Words derived from “szpan”

Every word from Proto-Germanic spannaną →Every word from Old High German spannan →Every word from Middle High German spannen →
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