Where does “Funn” come from?

Funn (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German fano, from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic fanô, from Proto-Indo-European pān- — fabric.

Ancestry of “Funn”, step by step

Funn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German fano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfanoflag
2Proto-West Germanic*fanō
3Proto-Germanicfanôcloth; dook/duck; banner; flag
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpān-fabric

via Old Norse fundr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefundrfinding, discovery; meeting; fight, battle
2Proto-Germanicfundizable to be found, findable; pertaining to...
3Proto-Germanicfinþanąto find, to discover, to come upon
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpent-to pass; path

Words derived from “Funn

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pān-Every word from Proto-Germanic fanôEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *fanō
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