Where does “fona” come from?

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

fona (Old High German): from

Definitions

  1. from

Ancestry of “fona”, step by step

fona traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic fanē

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

via Proto-Germanic afanē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicafanē—
2Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Proto-Germanic funē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfunēfrom

Words derived from “fona”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂epo →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂pó →Every word from Proto-Germanic fanē →