An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Spange

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2629918An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SpangeJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Spange, feminine, ‘clasp, buckle, bracelet,’ from the equivalent Middle High German spange; Old High German spanga, feminine; a common Teutonic term; compare Old Icelandic spǫng, Anglo-Saxon spange, ‘clasp’ (to which English spangle, properly a diminutive, is allied), Dutch spang. Its early history is obscure.