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Where does “pfanne” come from?

pfanne (Middle High German) comes from Old High German phanna, from Proto-West Germanic pannā, from Proto-Germanic pannǭ, from Latin panna, from Latin patīna, from Ancient Greek πατάνη, from Proto-Indo-European pet-ano, from Proto-Indo-European pete- — inflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##...

Ancestry of “pfanne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanphannapan
2Proto-West Germanicpannāpan
3Proto-Germanicpannǭpan
4Latinpannabroad cooking vessel; frying pan; pan
5Latinpatīna—
6Ancient Greekπατάνηkind of flat dish
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpet-ano—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpete-to spread, stretch out
9Proto-Finnicete-—
10Serbo-Croatiantẹ́—
11Proto-Slavictainflection of *tъ: ## feminine singular ##...

Words derived from “pfanne”

  • Pfanne
  • Pfannkuchen
  • Pfannenwender
  • Bratpfanne
  • fánk
  • fánkok
  • Pann
  • Pannhaas
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