Where does “fahne” come from?

fahne (German) comes from Middle High German vane, from Old High German fano, from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic fanô, from Proto-Indo-European pān- — fabric.

fahne (German): flag, banner any cloth or fabric used as a symbol

Definitions

  1. flag, banner any cloth or fabric used as a symbol

Ancestry of “fahne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvane—
2Old High Germanfanoflag
3Proto-West Germanic*fanō—
4Proto-Germanicfanôcloth; dook/duck; banner; flag
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpān-fabric

Words derived from “fahne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pān- →