Where does “fasan” come from?

fasan (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Ancient Greek φασιανός, from Ancient Greek Φᾱσῐᾱνός, from Ancient Greek Φᾶσῐς — Phasis.

fasan (Norwegian Bokmål): a pheasant

Definitions

  1. a pheasant

Ancestry of “fasan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekφασιανόςpheasant
2Ancient GreekΦᾱσῐᾱνόςPhasian
3Ancient GreekΦᾶσῐςPhasis
Every word from Ancient Greek Φᾶσῐς →Every word from Ancient Greek Φᾱσῐᾱνός →Every word from Ancient Greek φασιανός →
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