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Where does “*fanō” come from?
*fanō (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic fanô, from Proto-Indo-European pān- — fabric.
Ancestry of “*fanō”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
fanô
cloth; dook/duck; banner; flag
2
Proto-Indo-European
pān-
fabric
Words derived from “*fanō”
vane
fane
vaned
vaneless
paravane
faan
dogvane
aerovane
multivane
bivane
fano
fana
Funn
fone
vane
fane
vane
van
vano
פֿאָן
vun
Fändel
fōn
Fahne
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