Where does “bana” come from?

bana (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German bāne, from Old Saxon bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic banō, from Proto-Germanic banô, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-on-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.

bana (Swedish): a path, a race, a track; a track, a railroad; a...

Definitions

  1. a path, a race, a track; a track, a railroad; a...

Ancestry of “bana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbāne—
2Old Saxonbana—
3Proto-West Germanic*banu—
4Proto-Germanicbanōa battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared...
5Proto-Germanicbanômurderer
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰon-on-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—

Words derived from “bana”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰon- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-on- →
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