Where does “obwin” come from?

obwin (Marshallese) comes from English oven, from Middle English oven, from Old English ofn, from Proto-West Germanic ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

obwin (Marshallese): a stove

Definitions

  1. a stove

Ancestry of “obwin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishovenA chamber used for baking or heating
2Middle EnglishovenAn oven; an enclosed chamber for baking or drying
3Old Englishofnoven, stove; furnace
4Proto-West Germanicofnoven
5Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
6Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

Words derived from “obwin”

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