Where does “anemovane” come from?

anemovane (English) comes from English vane, from Middle English vane, from Old English fana, from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic fanô, from Proto-Indo-European pān- — fabric.

anemovane (English): An instrument for measuring wind speed and direction

Definitions

  1. An instrument for measuring wind speed and direction

Ancestry of “anemovane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvaneA weather vane; Any of several usually relatively...
2Middle EnglishvaneAlternative form of fane
3Old Englishfanaflag
4Proto-West Germanic*fanō—
5Proto-Germanicfanôcloth; dook/duck; banner; flag
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpān-fabric
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