Etymograph

English

Supan

Supan comes from German Supan, and goes back to Proto-Slavic *župa ‘area, district’.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*župa‘area, district’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*županъnext step skipped: Slovene Zupan
  3. Germanc. 1650–presentSupan
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*župa‘area, district’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*županъnext step skipped: Slovene Zupan
  3. Germanc. 1650–presentSupan
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *župa / Supan