Where does β€œvenster” come from?

venster (Middle High German) comes from Old High German fenstar, from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr, from Latin fenestra, from Etruscan *πŒšπŒπŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ“πŒ€.

venster (Middle High German): window

Definitions

  1. window

Ancestry of β€œvenster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfenstarwindow
2Proto-West Germanic*fenestrwindow
3Latinfenestraa window, an opening for light; a breach; a...
4Etruscan*πŒšπŒπŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ“πŒ€β€”

Words derived from β€œvenster”

Every word from Etruscan *πŒšπŒπŒ„πŒ”πŒ•πŒ“πŒ€ β†’Every word from Latin fenestra β†’Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fenestr β†’