Where does “Oven” come from?

Oven (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch ōven, from Old Dutch ovan, from Proto-Germanic ufnaz, from Proto-Germanic uhwnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

Oven (Dutch): Fornax

Definitions

  1. Fornax

Ancestry of “Oven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchōven
2Old Dutchovan
3Proto-Germanicufnaz
4Proto-Germanicuhwnaz
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

Words derived from “Oven

Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw-