Where does “vane” come from?

Vane comes from Middle English vane, from Middle English fane, from Latin fanum meaning "temple," from Proto-Italic faznom, from Proto-Indo-European pān-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- meaning "to place."

vane (English): A weather vane; Any of several usually relatively...

Definitions

  1. A weather vane; Any of several usually relatively...

Ancestry of “vane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishvaneAlternative form of fane
2Old Englishfanaflag
3Proto-West Germanic*fanō—
4Proto-Germanicfanôcloth; dook/duck; banner; flag
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpān-fabric

Words derived from “vane”

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