Where does “fane” come from?

Fane comes from Middle English fane, from Latin fanum meaning temple, from Proto-Italic faznom, from Proto-Indo-European pān-, ultimately from the root dʰeh₁- meaning to place or put.

fane (English): A weathercock, a weather vane; A banner,...

Definitions

  1. A weathercock, a weather vane; A banner,...

Ancestry of “fane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishfaneA particular kind of white-coloured iris; A flag...
2Old Englishfanaflag
3Proto-West Germanic*fanō—
4Proto-Germanicfanôcloth; dook/duck; banner; flag
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpān-fabric
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pān- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fanô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fanō →