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

piece of wood, chip, shaving
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
  - 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