Where does “*fani” come from?

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

*fani (Proto-West Germanic): fen, marsh, swamp

Definitions

  1. fen, marsh, swamp

Ancestry of “*fani”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfanjąfen, marsh, swamp
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpen-bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,...

Words derived from “*fani”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pen- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fanją →