Words that come from Proto-West Germanic *wannu

400 words across 35 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic *wannu — including fan, fans, Fanon, fanner, zine, fandom, fantail, fanlight.

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English (269)

Finnish (17)

German (16)

Swedish (15)

Vietnamese (10)

Portuguese (7)

Polish (5)

Chinese (5)

Czech (5)

Swahili (5)

Japanese (4)

Spanish (4)

French (3)

Old High German (3)

Russian (3)

Persian (3)

Italian (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Estonian (2)

Hungarian (2)

Thai (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Middle English (2)

Armenian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Low German (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Dutch (1)

Galician (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Ingrian (1)

Old English (1)

Middle High German (1)

Romanian (1)

Bavarian (1)