Where does “fornâ” come from?

fornâ (Ligurian) comes from Ligurian fórno, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

fornâ (Ligurian): baker

Definitions

  1. baker

Ancestry of “fornâ”, step by step

fornâ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ligurian fórno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ligurianfórnooven
2Latinfurnusoven; bakery
3Proto-Italicfornos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
5Indo-European*gʷʰer-—

via Ligurian a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ligurianathe; in; at
2Latinadtoward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
3Proto-Italicadtoward, to, on, up to, for
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂édto, at
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós →Every word from Proto-Italic fornos →