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Where does “fon” come from?

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

fon (Old Frisian): of

Definitions

  1. of

Ancestry of “fon”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fon”

  • fan
  • fon
  • foon
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