Where does “Spanyänik” come from?

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

Spanyänik (Volapük): Spanish

Definitions

  1. Spanish

Ancestry of “Spanyänik”, step by step

Spanyänik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Volapük Spanyän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VolapükSpanyänSpain
2GermanSpanienSpain
3Middle High GermanSpāne—
4Old High GermanSpānia—
5LatinHispānia—
6Punicאי שפןcoast of hyraxes

via Volapük ik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapükikadjective morpheme
Every word from Punic אי שפן →Every word from Latin Hispānia →Every word from Old High German Spānia →