Where does “אָוֶן” come from?

אָוֶן (Biblical Hebrew) comes from Egyptian jwnw, from Egyptian jwn — color; pillar, column.

Ancestry of “אָוֶן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EgyptianjwnwHeliopolis
2Egyptianjwncolor; pillar, column
Every word from Egyptian jwn →Every word from Egyptian jwnw →