Where does “oven” come from?

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

oven (Middle English): An oven; an enclosed chamber for baking or drying

Definitions

  1. An oven; an enclosed chamber for baking or drying

Ancestry of “oven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishofnoven, stove; furnace
2Proto-West Germanicofnoven
3Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
4Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

Words derived from “oven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic uhnaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ofn →