touchwood

Etymology
Apparently from, but perhaps the first element is derived from.

Noun

 * 1) Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.

Translations

 * Armenian: փտած փայտ
 * Bulgarian: прахан
 * Czech:
 * Erzya: макшо
 * Faroese: tundur
 * Irish: sponc
 * Maori: pangē, pangi
 * Ottoman Turkish: قاو
 * Swedish:, tändved