Where does “fiurofan” come from?

fiurofan (Old High German) comes from Old High German ofan, from Proto-West Germanic ofn, from Proto-Germanic uhnaz, from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

fiurofan (Old High German): fire stove

Definitions

  1. fire stove

Ancestry of “fiurofan”, step by step

fiurofan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German ofan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanofanoven
2Proto-West Germanicofnoven
3Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
4Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

via Old High German fiur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfiurfire
2Proto-West Germanicfuirfire
3Proto-Germanicfōrfire
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wr̥bonfire; spelt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw- →