Where does “ofn” come from?

ofn (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

ofn (Old English): oven, stove; furnace

Definitions

  1. oven, stove; furnace

Ancestry of “ofn”, step by step

ofn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic ofn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicofnoven
2Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
3Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

via Proto-Germanic *ofn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*ofn—

Words derived from “ofn”

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