Where does “von” come from?
von (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse ván, from Proto-Germanic wēniz, from Proto-Indo-European wenh₁- — to love.
von (Icelandic): hope, expectation
Ancestry of “von”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | ván | hope, expectation |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | wēniz | likely, to be expected; promising, hopeful; hope,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wenh₁- | to love |