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Where does “fana” come from?

fana (Galician) comes from Proto-Germanic fanją, from Proto-Indo-European pen- — bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,...

fana (Galician): landslide, landslip

Definitions

  1. landslide, landslip

Ancestry of “fana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfanjąfen, marsh, swamp
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpen-bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,...
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