Where does “fan” come from?

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

fan (Old Saxon): from

Definitions

  1. from

Ancestry of “fan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fan”

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