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Where does “vannare” come from?

vannare (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin vanno, from Latin vannus, from Proto-Italic watnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

vannare (Vulgar Latin): second-person singular present passive...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present passive...

Ancestry of “vannare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinvannoI fan, winnow
2Latinvannusa winnowing basket
3Proto-Italicwatnos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

Words derived from “vannare”

  • vannage
  • vanné
  • vanner
  • vanneur
  • vanne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- →