Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spānu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spēnuz.

Noun

*spānu m

1. piece of wood, chip, shaving
2. spoon

   Synonym: *lapil

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*spānu
Genitive	*spānō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*spānu	*spāniwi, *spānō
Accusative	*spānu	*spānū
Genitive	*spānō	*spāniwō
Dative	*spāniwi, *spānō	*spānum
Instrumental	*spānu	*spānum

Descendants

• Old English: spōn
  • Middle English: spone, spon, sponne, spoon, spoun, spoune, spun, spune
    • English: spoon
    • Geordie English: spuin, speun
    • Scots: spuin, spin, spon, spone, spun, spune
    • Yola: spone
• Old Frisian: *spōn
  • North Frisian:

    Sylt: spuun

    Wiedingharde: spoon

  • Saterland Frisian: Spoune
  • West Frisian: spoen, spoan
• Old Saxon: *spān, *spōn
  • Middle Low German: spân, spôn
    • Low German: spoon

      German Low German: Spoon

• Old Dutch: *spān
  • Middle Dutch: spâen, spon
    • Dutch: spaan
      • → West Frisian: spaan
    • Limburgish: spoon
• Old High German: spān; spanna (“spoon”)
  • Middle High German: spān
    • Alemannic German: Spään
    • German: Span
    • Luxembourgish: Spoun