Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fanô

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 Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“something woven; weave; tissue; fabric; cloth”). Cognate with Latin pannus (“cloth, rag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑ.nɔːː/
• Rhymes: -ɑ.nɔːː

Noun

*fanô m

1. cloth; dook/duck (fabric)
2. banner; flag

Inflection

Declension of *fanô (masculine an-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*fanô	*fananiz
vocative	*fanô	*fananiz
accusative	*fananų	*fananunz
genitive	*faniniz	*fananǫ̂
dative	*fanini	*fanammaz
instrumental	*faninē	*fanammiz

Derived terms

• *gunþifanô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fanō
  • Old English: fana; fanu, fane
    • Middle English: fane, vane
      • Scots: fane, faan, thane, phane
      • English: fane, vane
  • Old Frisian: fana, fona
    • Saterland Frisian: Foane, Foone
    • West Frisian: fane
  • Old Saxon: fano, phano
    • Middle Low German: vāne
      • German Low German: Fahn
      • Low German: Fane
  • Old Dutch: *fano
    • Middle Dutch: vāne
      • Dutch: vaan
  • → Latin: fanō, fanōnem (accusative)
    • Italian: fanone
    • Old French: fanon, feinion
      • French: fanon, fanion
      • → Middle English: fanon, fanoun
        • English: fanon
  • Old High German: fano
    • Middle High German: vane, van
      • Alemannic German: Faane
      • Cimbrian: baane
      • German: Fahne
        • → Silesian: fana
      • Hunsrik: Faan
      • Yiddish: פֿאָן (fon)
• Old Norse: fani, fáni
  • Icelandic: fáni
  • Faroese: fáni
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fane
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fane
  • Old Swedish: fana
    • Swedish: fana
  • Danish: fane
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌽𐌰 (fana)