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Where does “āvand” come from?

āvand (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps.

Ancestry of “āvand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicābanþevening
2Proto-Germanicēbanþsevening
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁epion, at, near
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eps—

Words derived from “āvand”

  • avent
  • âvent
  • Avend
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