Where does β€œvenster” come from?

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

Ancestry of β€œvenster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxon*fenstarβ€”
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†’