touchwood

See also: touch wood

English

Etymology

Apparently from touch +‎ wood, but perhaps the first element is derived from torch.

Noun

touchwood (uncountable)

1. Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.

Translations

dry material used for fire lighting

• Armenian: փտած փայտ (pʻtac pʻayt)
• Bulgarian: прахан m (prahan)
• Czech: troud (cs) m
• Erzya: макшо (makšo)
• Faroese: tundur n
• Irish: sponc m
• Maori: pangē, pangi
• Ottoman Turkish: قاو (kav)
• Swedish: fnöske (sv) n, tändved c