Where does “špandle” come from?

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

špandle (Serbo-Croatian): splinters

Definitions

  1. splinters

Ancestry of “špandle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpanchip; shaving; clipping
2Middle High Germanspān—
3Old High Germanspānchip of wood, shaving
4Proto-Germanicspēnuzpiece of wood; chip, shaving
5Proto-Indo-European*(s)peH-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spēnuz →Every word from Old High German spān →