Spään

See also: Spaan and spaan

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German spān, from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz. Cognate with German Span, Dutch spaan, German Low German Spoon, Saterland Frisian Spoune, English spoon, Faroese spónur.

Noun

Spään m

  1. (Uri) woodchip; wood shaving

References
  • “Spään” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 73.
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