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Where does “pfanne” come from?

pfanne (German) comes from Middle High German pfanne, from Old High German phanna, from Proto-West Germanic pannā, from Proto-Germanic pannǭ, from Latin panna, from Latin patīna, from Ancient Greek πατάνη, from Proto-Indo-European pet-ano — inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##...

Ancestry of “pfanne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanpfanne—
2Old High Germanphannapan
3Proto-West Germanicpannāpan
4Proto-Germanicpannǭpan
5Latinpannabroad cooking vessel; frying pan; pan
6Latinpatīna—
7Ancient Greekπατάνηkind of flat dish
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpet-ano—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpete-to spread, stretch out
10Proto-Finnicete-—
11Serbo-Croatiantẹ́—
12Proto-Slavictainflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##...
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