Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fanē

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *h₂poneh₁, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó, allative form of a root noun *h₂epo + *-neh₁ an ablative suffix. But see von for another theory.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑ.nɛː/

Preposition

*fanē

1. (with dative) from

Descendants

• Old Frisian: fon, fan, fen
  • North Frisian: foon
  • Saterland Frisian: fon
  • West Frisian: fan
• Old Saxon: fan, fana, fon
  • Middle Low German: van, von
    • Dutch Low Saxon: van
    • German Low German: van, von, vun
• Old Dutch: fan
  • Middle Dutch: van
    • Dutch: van
      • Afrikaans: van
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: fan
      • Javindo: fan
      • Jersey Dutch: vān, fān, f'n
      • Negerhollands: van, fan, fa
        • → Virgin Islands Creole: fam
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: fan
    • Limburgish: ven
• Old High German: fon, fana, fona
  • Middle High German: von, vone
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: bon

      Mòcheno: va

    • German: von
    • Luxembourgish: vun
    • Vilamovian: fon
    • Yiddish: פֿון (fun)

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN