Where does “ofen” come from?

ofen (German) comes from Middle High German oven, from Old High German ofan, from Proto-West Germanic ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

ofen (German): stove

Definitions

  1. stove

Ancestry of “ofen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanovenoven
2Old High Germanofanoven
3Proto-West Germanicofnoven
4Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
5Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

Words derived from “ofen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic uhnaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ofn →