Where does “bivane” come from?

bivane (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.

bivane (English): A vane that is doubly jointed so as to indicate...

Definitions

  1. A vane that is doubly jointed so as to indicate...

Ancestry of “bivane”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pān- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fanô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fanō →