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Where does “foon” come from?

foon (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian fon, from Proto-Germanic fanē, from Proto-Indo-European h₂pó, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo — from, off, back; off, away; off, from.

foon (North Frisian): from; of

Definitions

  1. from; of

Ancestry of “foon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianfonof
2Proto-Germanicfanēfrom
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂póoff, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from
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