Where does “fanu” come from?
fanu (Old English) comes from Mizo nu, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *nuu, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *n(y)u.
fanu (Old English): Synonym of fana
Ancestry of “fanu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Mizo | nu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Kuki-Chin | *nuu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Tibeto-Burman | *n(y)u | — |