Spaweck

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Possibly an alteration of *Spawepp, from Old High German spinnūnwebbi (compare German Spinnwebe); or a blend of the former with *Spawierk (compare dialectal German Spinnenwerk). In the contemporary form analysable as Spann (“spider”) +‎ Weck (“bread roll, clump of dough or butter”), but this seems semantically far-off.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpaːvæk/

Noun

Spaweck m (plural Spawecker)

  1. spiderweb; cobweb
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