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Where does “oven” come from?
oven (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.
Ancestry of “oven”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
uhnaz
oven; furnace
2
Proto-Indo-European
aukw-
cooking pot
Words derived from “oven”
ûne
Ougend
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