Where does “fannen” come from?

fannen (Middle English) comes from Old English fannian, from Latin vanno, from Latin vannus, from Proto-Italic watnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

fannen (Middle English): To process grain as to remove waste from usable...

Definitions

  1. To process grain as to remove waste from usable...

Ancestry of “fannen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfannianto winnow grain
2LatinvannoI fan, winnow
3Latinvannusa winnowing basket
4Proto-Italicwatnos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic watnos →Every word from Latin vannus →