Where does “fornu” come from?

fornu (Asturian) comes from Old Portuguese forno, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

fornu (Asturian): oven

Definitions

  1. oven

Ancestry of “fornu”, step by step

fornu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese forno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesefornofurnace
2Latinfurnusoven; bakery
3Proto-Italicfornos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
5Indo-European*gʷʰer-—

via Old Leonese forno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Leonesefornooven
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós →Every word from Proto-Italic fornos →