Where does “ofan” come from?

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

ofan (Old High German): oven

Definitions

  1. oven

Ancestry of “ofan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicofnoven
2Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
3Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

Words derived from “ofan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European aukw- →Every word from Proto-Germanic uhnaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ofn →