Where does “ovn” come from?

ovn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

ovn (Norwegian Bokmål): an oven; a stove including an oven

Definitions

  1. an oven; a stove including an oven

Ancestry of “ovn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseofn—
2Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
3Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

Words derived from “ovn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic uhnaz →Every word from Old Norse ofn →