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Where does “vannas” come from?

vannas (Latin) comes from Latin vanno, from Latin vannus, from Proto-Italic watnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

vannas (Latin): second-person singular present active subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive...

Ancestry of “vannas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvannoI fan, winnow
2Latinvannusa winnowing basket
3Proto-Italicwatnos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- →