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Where does “uhnaz” come from?

uhnaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European aukw- — cooking pot.

uhnaz (Proto-Germanic): oven; furnace

Definitions

  1. oven; furnace

Ancestry of “uhnaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot

Words derived from “uhnaz”

  • someone
  • anyone
  • onto
  • online
  • ongoing
  • oneself
  • oven
  • onward
  • onwards
  • thereon
  • whereon
  • onstage
  • ajar
  • onshore
  • onscreen
  • onlooker
  • onetime
  • onesided
  • noone
  • hereon
  • oner
  • ovenproof
  • one's
  • onside
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