Spään

See also: Spaan and spaan

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German spān, from Proto-West Germanic *spānu. 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

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