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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

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

Words derived from “fona”

  • Fahnenträger
  • davonkommen
  • von
  • Fahnen
  • davonfahren
  • davon
  • Fähnchen
  • Fahnenflüchtiger
  • fahnenflüchtig
  • Fahnenflucht
  • Fähnrich
  • davonlaufen
  • Fahnenmast
  • Fahne
  • Fahnenstange
  • davoneilen
  • Drachenfahne
  • vonnöten
  • vänskä
  • vänrikki
  • vaandrig
  • von
  • fänrik
  • fana
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