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Where does “fun-” come from?

fun- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European pen- — bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,...

fun- (Proto-Germanic): Stem meaning moisture, mould, mildew

Definitions

  1. Stem meaning moisture, mould, mildew

Ancestry of “fun-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpen-bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,...

Words derived from “fun-”

  • vinew
  • finew
  • fine
  • vene
  • fyne
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