Where does “ファウヌス” come from?

ファウヌス (Japanese) comes from Latin Faunus, from New Latin fauna, from English avifauna, from Latin avis, from Proto-Italic awis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis — bird.

ファウヌス (Japanese): a faun

Definitions

  1. a faun

Ancestry of “ファウヌス”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinFaunusFaunus horned god of the forest, plains and fields
2New Latinfaunaanimals
3EnglishavifaunaThe birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting...
4Latinavisa bird; omen, portent; dative/ablative plural of...
5Proto-Italicawisbird
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis
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