Where does β€œVΓ€nnster” come from?

VΓ€nnster (Limburgish) comes from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr, from Latin fenestra, from Etruscan *πŒšπŒπŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ“πŒ€.

VΓ€nnster (Limburgish): window

Definitions

  1. window

Ancestry of β€œVΓ€nnster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*fenestrwindow
2Latinfenestraa window, an opening for light; a breach; a...
3Etruscan*πŒšπŒπŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ“πŒ€β€”
Every word from Etruscan *πŒšπŒπŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ“πŒ€ β†’Every word from Latin fenestra β†’Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr β†’