Where does “Spanyän” come from?

Spanyän (Volapük) comes from German Spanien, from Middle High German Spāne, from Old High German Spānia, from Latin Hispānia, from Punic אי שפן — coast of hyraxes.

Spanyän (Volapük): Spain

Definitions

  1. Spain

Ancestry of “Spanyän”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpanienSpain
2Middle High GermanSpāne—
3Old High GermanSpānia—
4LatinHispānia—
5Punicאי שפןcoast of hyraxes

Words derived from “Spanyän”

Every word from Punic אי שפן →Every word from Latin Hispānia →Every word from Old High German Spānia →