Where does “oven” come from?

Oven comes from Middle English oven, from Old English ofn, from Proto-West Germanic ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European aukw-.

oven (English): A chamber used for baking or heating

Definitions

  1. A chamber used for baking or heating

Ancestry of “oven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishovenAn oven; an enclosed chamber for baking or drying
2Old Englishofnoven, stove; furnace
3Proto-West Germanicofnoven
4Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

Words derived from “oven”

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