Where does “wanna” come from?

wanna (Old High German) comes from Latin vannus, from Proto-Italic watnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

wanna (Old High German): tub

Definitions

  1. tub

Ancestry of “wanna”, step by step

wanna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin vannus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvannusa winnowing basket
2Proto-Italicwatnos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

via Proto-West Germanic *wannu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*wannuwinnowing fan, winnowing basket

Words derived from “wanna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- →Every word from Proto-Italic watnos →Every word from Latin vannus →
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