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Where does “fank” come from?

fank (English) comes from Scottish Gaelic fang, from Old Irish fang.

fank (English): A pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish...

Definitions

  1. A pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish...

Ancestry of “fank”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicfangvulture; raven; fank, sheep pen
2Old Irishfang—
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