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
- (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.