Where does “forn” come from?

forn (Franco-Provençal) comes from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

forn (Franco-Provençal): oven

Definitions

  1. oven

Ancestry of “forn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfurnusoven; bakery
2Proto-Italicfornos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
4Indo-European*gʷʰer-—
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós →Every word from Proto-Italic fornos →
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